Let's Play With Matches #shorts

With just 8 matches (or pens or q-tips or anything straight), you can tie up your mind for hours, days, or WEEKS. The idea is to develop a basic understanding of graph theory, which focuses on the relationships between things -- and you can express those relationships visually. Each match consists of three parts: a ‘node’ on either end, and the line that connects them. There’s only 1 solution for a graph of 1 match… it just lays there. 2 matches? Also just 1 solution, two matches that form an angle (putting them end to end to form one line with a shared node in the middle is technically a solution, too).

The goal here is to keep making unique arrangements with increasing numbers of matches. By the time you’re using 8 matches, you’ll have over 200 possible ways to combine them to form a unique pattern of nodes and lines.

#education #vsauce #maths

[FlabbergastedCat]

“Dont cry little man we have 204 more graphs”
Cries more because more math

[jblen]

I watched several times thinking he said 'all you need is a-' then cutting off, but he says 'all you need is 8'

[McPilch]

I look forward to the video where Kevin goes through all possible graphs!

[RialVestro]

Smokey the Bear: Don't play with matches.

Kevin: Let's play with Matches!

Smokey: Only YOU can prevent forest fires!

[-petah-]

Sometimes maths seems like old man without internet, that are bored and start counting random things and combinations made of things that are lying around XD

[aparks]

there's more matches than what i got on tinder

[Chloe]

Amazing video! The ok bye really spoke to my soul 0:36

[SteveDice]

Now find all of the possible arrangements with no loops using 9 matches.

[stoneagainst]

The very sad man can be rearranged to look like a t-rex rawr

[marcinkusiak]

"We have 204 more graphs left to solve"
Maybe that's why...

[daxroger]

why did i think this was narwhal for a second?

[Stephen_The_Waxing_Lyricist]

Is it wrong that I want Kevin to sign off like Mindy from Animaniacs?

"OK I love you bye-bye!"

[micayahritchie]

I think you should have specified that you mean undirected connected graphs without loops. Useful, but loops are also useful

[boRegah]

It's okay to cry. No worries. It's okay to sad too.

[Abg]

Sounds a lot like the beginning plot to good will hunting.

[gibdud]

Let’s ply with matches! “Little Timmy’s final words”

[RyanStonedonCanadianGaming]

Solve Max Foshs Goldfish riddle song next please! 😅

[WoollyOne]

Thought I was hearing the daredevil intro song for a second there

[juiceman]

The nodes are only for the places where you connect them which I guess are mainly at the coloured heads of them so the rotation of the whole accumulated node graph or just the individual ones don’t actually matter

[Marconius]

Isn't this the one problem in A Beautiful Mind?