Season 1 Episodes
8 episodes1
11.11.11
Numberphile video about number 11, marking the last binary day of a generation: 11.11.11. Exploring barcodes, check digits and CD technology. Filmed at the home ground of Nottingham Forest Football Club, The City Ground.
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255 and Pac-Man
Explaining binary to understand why Pac-Man becomes unplayable after 255 levels.
3
16
We discuss the number 16 - a perfect square - and how sitting at table 16 led to something bigger for Matt Parker. In this video is Dr Ria Symonds from the University of Nottingham.
4
8128 and Perfect Numbers
For many years, 8128 was the largest known perfect number. But what is a perfect number?
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6174
6174 is also known as Kaprekar's Constant.
6
69!
69 is the largest number that most hand-held calculators can factorialize!
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220 and 284 (Amicable Numbers)
Why do 220 and 284 get along so well? Dr James Grime introduces us to the world of so-called amicable numbers.
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15 bumfit
Numbers can be interesting when studied in different languages and dialects - such as in Lincolnshire where we have dik, figgit and bumfit.