THE VIDEO SHELF · riemann zeta function
But what is the Riemann zeta function? Visualizing analytic continuation
3Blue1Brown visualizes the Riemann zeta function and the analytic continuation that extends it beyond where its series converges, building toward the Riemann hypothesis.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN praises its visualizations, its handling of the -1/12 result, and its ending, and often prefers it to other explanations of the topic.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- 3Blue1Brown
- Topic
- riemann zeta function
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 6
- HN mentions in dataset
- 8
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2017–2023
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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Appropriate juncture to repost this: [VIDEO] "Visualizing the Riemann zeta function and analytic continuation" (Watch the last 30s or so if nothing else. You'll not regret it.) There is a kind of 'real' Ural spiral [or really a kind of chaotically decaying 'orbit'] related dynamic …
laurilove on Hacker News · 2018-05
In An Interesting Pattern in the Prime Numbers: Parallax CompressionI don't think it comes close to 3blue1brown's video on the same topic - [VIDEO] Still nice of the video in the original post to give a bit more of a historical context, instead of focusing entirely on the mathematics. It could have done without …
st1x7 on Hacker News · 2021-01
In How I learned to love and fear the Riemann Hypothesis3Blue1Brown recently did a video on the Riemann zeta function: [VIDEO] It's not as in depth but it has some helpful visualisations that I've never seen elsewhere.
vq on Hacker News · 2017-01
In The Riemann Hypothesis, explained
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