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Season 2022
2022x1 The mathematically optimal Wordle strategy Episode overview
Air date
Feb 06, 2022
Note, the way I wrote the rules for coloring while doing this project differs slightly from the real Wordle when it comes to multiple letters. For example, suppose in a word like "woody" .. show full overview
Note, the way I wrote the rules for coloring while doing this project differs slightly from the real Wordle when it comes to multiple letters. For example, suppose in a word like "woody" the first 'o' is correct, hence green, then in the real Wordle that second 'o' would be grey, whereas the way I wrote things the rule as simply any letter which is in the word somewhere, but not in the right position, will be yellow.
2022x2 Oh, wait, actually the best Wordle opener is not “crane”… Episode overview
Air date
Feb 13, 2022
A slight correction to the previous video, with some more details about how the best first word was chosen.
A slight correction to the previous video, with some more details about how the best first word was chosen.
Original Title: The unreasonable effectiveness of complex numbers in discrete math
Generating functions, as applied to a hard puzzle used for IMO training.
Original Title: The unreasonable effectiveness of complex numbers in discrete math
Generating functions, as applied to a hard puzzle used for IMO training.
2022x5 What makes a great math explanation? | SoME2 results Episode overview
Air date
Oct 01, 2022
Original Title: We ran a contest for math explainers, here are the results (SoME2)
Have you seen more math videos in your feed recently? (SoME2 results)
Winners and honorable mentions for the SoME2 contest
Original Title: We ran a contest for math explainers, here are the results (SoME2)
Have you seen more math videos in your feed recently? (SoME2 results)
Winners and honorable mentions for the SoME2 contest
2022x6 Researchers thought this was a bug (Borwein integrals) Episode overview
