A Mathematical Fable - Numberphile

Scale and Similarity.
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Storyteller: Barry Mazur, Harvard University

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Videos by Brady Haran

[darkosimonovic]

On the 4th day the king returs and says that the blob is actually a fractal.

[numberphile]

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[OmegaRainbow]

Counsellor: "There you are..."
King: _"Where am I?!?"_ 

lol, *I love this king* XD

Story telling and the animation are excellent, thanks for making this!

[Zeturic]

I think the bigger question is how the King ended up with land that forms a perfect right triangle and three perfectly similar shapes.

[ToastyBoy]

This was very amusing. I loved it. The narration was simply fantastic, I couldn't stop smiling and giggling. Not only that, but I learned different uses for the Pythagorean Theorem.

[andrewhall]

Spoiler Alert: The King says 'Ah'...

[allyourcode]

The king needs to chill out. Counselor's got the situation on lock down.

[Xalnop]

This video was really fun to watch.  The animator did a great job :)
I hope you make more videos like this.

[JanickGers]

I've been teaching the Pythagorean Theorem in high school for a couple of years now. I can't believe I just discovered this video. I'm definitely going to use this in my class. Now I just have to find a translation for 'blob' in spanish. That is the tricky part!

[psychotic]

The king says "Ah..." and executes the guy for being a witch... warlock... thingy.

[PrenticeNeto]

I like how passive-agressive the counsellor is. 4:31

_look_
_look at this_

[blazebluebass]

Fantastic video! Good job to the whole team behind the animation and music!
The story was very well told, too. It was very entertaining to watch.

[mrsenman]

I'm going to say 'WHERE AM I?' any time someone says 'there you are' to me now

[Harlequin]

Wonderful job with the illustrations Mr Brady!

[magister]

What if one of the fields is extremely fertile and the others barren? What if one field has better access to water, or to markets.

We really need to consider the market value of the lands, not merely their areas, if we want to divide the land fairly.

[PhilBagels]

The moral is:  No matter how ignorant the king is of basic mathematics, if you're his councillor, be sure to answer all his questions patiently and politely.

[sigurdhendsethyan]

Gotta love the attitude of that counsellor. "No Problem!". Every king should have a counsellor like that. Patient and pleasant.

[UltraWindow]

finally i understand that Pythagorean theorem.. it only took like 10 years.

[newspaperlightbulb]

The captions and illustrations that follow Dr. Mazur's voice and tone exactly are hilarious.

[Aefire]

Simply amazing: both the video and the content.