Triangle of Power

Why HN readers recommended it

HN points to it in notation debates as a clean visual demonstration that exponents, logs and roots are three views of one relationship.

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 notation

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

5

HN mentions in dataset

11

Recommendation years in dataset

2016–2023

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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• My favorite new math notation is the triangle of power: [VIDEO] I slightly modified it to avoid subscript and keep it closer to existing notation for powers: [LINK]

• I opened the video in the background and immediately recognized the person: the author behind the 3Blue1Brown YouTube channel. It has a long series of video regarding various mathematical topics which are rather accessible. My favorite by far is a "proposal" for an alternate notation …

• 3Blue1Brown has a YouTube video called the "Triangle of Power" which uses a clever bit of notation to unify exponents and logarithms: [VIDEO] A bit lowbrow, perhaps (you'd want Penrose notation or such things in that case).