2023 MIT Integration Bee - Finals

0:00 Introduction
0:36 Problem 1
5:34 Problem 2
10:09 Problem 3
16:28 Problem 4
21:25 Problem 5

[justinhj]

If we play this backwards it can be the differentiation contest

[mitchellsteindler]

Best part of this is that nobody at MIT could make a program where the dude just presses a button to both start the timer and show the problem.

[iowa_don]

I have a degree in physics, a degree in Mechanical Engineering and I’m older than dirt. But I have to say, the phrase “3, 2, 1 integrate” is one of the funniest things I have ever heard. It makes me laugh every time I think of it.

[abhikalpshekhar]

Imagine the commentary: Its a good trick by Joe who looks to convert like into trigonometric form, while John makes excellent use of complex numbers to simplify the terms, it seems as if Joe has the upper hand here, but john now elegantly applies feynman's trick and gets the answer, what a twist in the tale

[Crustyislooking]

its so interesting to see the difference in the way they work the problems

[neonelectron]

probably the first time I saw an integral being solved in arabic

[tazukiswift]

Seeing that guy on the left do the partial fractions by just looking at it for 3 seconds then writing the answer has to be the most impressive thing I've ever seen

[ZygalStudios]

MIT almost seems like a parallel reality. A world where anti-differentiation is a sport and people film it on their phones is a world I desire to be a part of :)

[vedantbhatnagarmathur]

I never thought I'd be watching an Integration competition but here we are

[sixmet]

Insane.
I suck in math. watching these guys solving a super hard integral in less than 4min (even if they got a wrong answer) is ridiculous.

[SloaneCarrillo-cy]

These guys are truly integrated lords!!!. Gives new meaning to the phrase "Show your working".

[souvikdas]

This sport should have commentators. If there's one sport that needs them!

[nimrod]

I actually tried solving some of these and was able to solve a few (but none from the finals though, and none in the stipulated time period). Glad I've still got a bit of integration in me! :)

[_Longwinded]

Luke I’ve been following him from his primary grades and always saying he’s the next big thing in maths
One of the finest brain always winning now in college wow
Congratulations! Inspiration his YT channel is also worth visiting

[bannync]

Although I’m just a high school student, but I’m still trying to understand what are they doing. I found a quit intriguing part: The guy in the left he is using the blackboard as his eraser paper, writing down all the process and calculate. The guy in the right is different, he calculate the operation by mind and he use the blackboard as an extended-memory cache, to write down the process just for not forget and loss them, like a redstone repeater, which I found it was impressive for me.

[isaacfitzgerald]

I have an A in calculus 2 with my final a week from today and this completely humbled me

[yugiohsc]

I’m so happy the integration bee is still going on. Playing along is very relaxing

[hardboiledegg]

managed to solve some of these but none in the time limit they had, these people are incredible

[tjpprojects]

Hah! This is too EZ! I can also solve this problem in 4 hours just like they did. I'm glad they sped up the video though.

[baseduck]

This seems like something I would have had a nightmare about during high school and woken up in a cold sweat. It's been over six years and I still have flashbacks to AP calculus.