4 Weird Unsolved Mysteries of Math

There are lots of unsolved mysteries in the world of math, and many of them start off with a deceptively simple premise, like: What's the biggest couch you can slide around a 90-degree corner?

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[crispycrimps]

Level 1 Math: Johnny has 120 oranges
Level 10 Math: worm blankets

[jcespinoza]

6:45 Most notably, Matt Parker's Parker Square 😂

[KingOfTheBeyond]

Imagine studying a math doctorate just so some guy asks you the size of a blanket for his damn worm.

[kayyumamcaoglu]

This video gave me a feeling that SciShow Math could be a fun channel

[kjs]

Recreational math. NOT to be confused with recreational meth...

[danielkorladis]

A good sequel to this video would be past math mysteries that eventually got solved and how.

[bentoth]

The magic square of squares just makes me think of the Parker Square, honestly.

[Vasharan]

So, it seems that if I find myself lost in a forest, I should bring a telephone shaped inflatable sofa, and ride it downriver to escape. And I should bring a sudoku to have something to do while riding downriver.

[VikashSingh]

For the largest sofa all you need to do is "pivot, pivot, pivot.. pivot!"

[TheMasterfulcreator]

I am literally a mathematician by education, and I also find it 'confusing and difficult.' The difference is, we find the process of figuring it out rewarding and beautiful. But not everyone does and that's cool.

[massimookissed]

6:44 "Near misses" are known as Parker Squares.

[hangebza]

Mathematicans: what is the smallest blanket a worm could do
Me, an intellectal: Worms cannot make blankets

[isaach]

My 10yr old just said “that NASA logo is the most colorful thing Michael’s ever worn!”…🤣

[danielcollins]

Has Joseph Gerver as a professor a few years ago. Then, I told him his name was "big" on the internet for the sofa problem. Either he was humble or had no idea...

[Noztube]

It'd be interesting to have a video that goes over some weird math problems that have been solved. Problems that seem pointless at the time but turned out to be very important.

[serraguden]

Me telling myself to go to sleep.
* Phone buzzes *
"Sci show 4 unsolwed mystery of math"
Dang it sci show knows the nerd in me.

[salmay]

In math is a lot easier to come with problems than to come with solutions

[joebledsoe]

The sofa is only as large as a hernia will allow.

[internetuser]

I feel like I'm definitely qualified to write computer programs to brute-force solutions (like how the largest primes are found), but I am woefully unable to think of even basic proofs for why a solution is the best one or not. That feels so much harder, almost like an entirely different skill.

[Belzughast]

Mathematicians: Stuck on a problem nobody actually has.