THE VIDEO SHELF · mathematical problem solving
The hardest problem on the hardest test
3Blue1Brown walks through a very hard Putnam competition problem and its elegant solution, emphasizing the visual intuition and the thought process behind solving it.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN fans list it among their favorite 3Blue1Brown videos for showing how mathematical problem solving actually unfolds.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- 3Blue1Brown
- Topic
- mathematical problem solving
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 8
- HN mentions in dataset
- 8
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2017–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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So many things I could say about this, but I"ll let Alan Kay speak for me - [LINK] Alan talks about how ideas in Calculus could be manifested from an early age and a richness in understanding built up as they aged up: - at …
skadamat on Hacker News · 2017-12
In Communicating Advanced Mathematics to KidsIndeed, I'd recommend the "interesting proof" vignettes by 3Blue1Brown: [VIDEO] These are my favorite videos of his
naturlich on Hacker News · 2019-07
In Think in Math, Write in Code3Blue1Brown is really great for learning/refreshing math. He has great visualizations. I especially enjoyed this video (not exactly a math tutorial more of a cool explanation): [VIDEO]
pjfin123 on Hacker News · 2020-10
In A Programmer’s Intuition for Matrix Multiplication
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.
