The greatest mathematician that never lived - Pratik Aghor
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3 жыл бұрынDig into the mystery of Nicolas Bourbaki- one of the most influential mathematicians of all time… who never actually existed.
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When Nicolas Bourbaki applied to the American Mathematical Society in the 1950s, he was already one of the most influential mathematicians of his time. He’d published articles in international journals and his textbooks were required reading. Yet his application was firmly rejected for one simple reason: Nicolas Bourbaki did not exist. How is that possible? Pratik Aghor digs into the mystery.
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@Sammyoed 3 жыл бұрын
so you're telling me, that a group of university students didn't like their math textbook so they made a new one? damn.
@pratikaghor987 3 жыл бұрын
Some of them were professors when the group started. However, all of them were in their twenties. So, pretty young.
@Gadget-Walkmen 3 жыл бұрын
How smart do you have to be to do that?
@charonpluto1085 3 жыл бұрын
They were prestigious mathematicians and you had to be an elite to be able to join. They wanted a continuous math, and they came up with many important definitions. They unified math. They were aggressive literally! In one of their meetings seen by a mathematician not in the group the fights were so violent that one person broke a table over a definition !
@lynettemojica6503 3 жыл бұрын
@@charonpluto1085 now I know why my professor said "definitions are life or death"
@akshaypendyala 3 жыл бұрын
@@lynettemojica6503 good!
@thisisahumanlol8255 3 жыл бұрын
When you dont like your textbook so you prank mathematicians by pretending to be a man from Russia.
@maxpoweroverdrive 3 жыл бұрын
Irodov wants to know your location!
@thisrandomdude_ 3 жыл бұрын
In Soviet Russia, others don't make you read za book... you write your own...
@dedley2664 3 жыл бұрын
ARandomDude You didn’t need to mention za accent
@parasb6485 3 жыл бұрын
@@maxpoweroverdrive hey man he wrote more about physics than mathematics
@thisrandomdude_ 3 жыл бұрын
@@dedley2664 ok it's G O N E now I edited it so that the joke looks better
@user-ht3tp3uj4v 3 жыл бұрын
Mathematicians : Hmm.. We don't hane an author... LET AUTHOR BE x
@adventureawaits3860 3 жыл бұрын
X= Nicolas Bourbaki (so precise)
@ramduar 3 жыл бұрын
"but, y?"
@amansahayminz8247 3 жыл бұрын
@@ramduar y=life So it's a complex equation
@karlkapple6531 3 жыл бұрын
z=?
@amansahayminz8247 3 жыл бұрын
@@karlkapple6531 z= x+iy where x is name and y is life. A perfect complex equation
@Ceshua 3 жыл бұрын
One of the nerdiest "it's a prank bro" moments
@zkskakksis1514 2 жыл бұрын
lmfao
@wizardinchiktrodon 3 жыл бұрын
His existence was imaginary, his influence was real... You could say that's quite *complex*
@vinitabisht712 3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@-guitarhero 3 жыл бұрын
not funny didn't laugh
@maisamaskari8774 3 жыл бұрын
bruh
@coleabrahams9331 3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣THAT’S AN AWESOME JOKE
@nuji8942 3 жыл бұрын
😆😆😆😆😆
@stormysamreen7062 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine looking at your calculus book and thinking, "man, i can write better than that."
@aa-jt1yt 2 жыл бұрын
probably comes down to how people views school and learning other countries have a completely different view of schooling
@jeremias-serus 2 жыл бұрын
Honestly I think this everyday. I’m just built different.
@deleted_handle 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine looking at a calculator and thinking, "7+5=?"
@v44n7 2 жыл бұрын
to be fair modern calculus and math books are so undated, i mean in the logic they are on point, but the way it presents its is so old and weird. you have to be a math genius or very talented to understand and learn just from a raw math and calculus book. We for sure would use a better approch for ANYONE that want to learn math from scrach
@izzeldeenmez4343 2 жыл бұрын
@@v44n7 the school system should change like if someone wants to be in a specific job he/she doesn’t need a specific subject or most of the subject like art to be in a specific engineer for example industrial engineer u need geometry not how to draw an object
@jackanderson6966 3 жыл бұрын
“I don’t get you” “Me neither” sounds like your standard math conversation 😂
@SamiShukayr 3 жыл бұрын
These guys are their time's equivalent of "doing it for a meme".
@__Hmmmmmmmm__ 2 жыл бұрын
Different generation, same antics. Nice👌.
@saucyyikers3877 3 жыл бұрын
The smartest, elaborate, and important prank ever
@anime4life930 3 жыл бұрын
Saucy Yikers is to drumm roll pls Shut up😂😂✌️
@saucyyikers3877 3 жыл бұрын
@@anime4life930 ummm I dont get it
@anime4life930 3 жыл бұрын
Saucy Yikers um I mean like why do u have to write this comment no one asked u too
@anime4life930 3 жыл бұрын
Saucy Yikers I’m just kidding I’m not mean
@anime4life930 3 жыл бұрын
Saucy Yikers 😜🤣
@merrittanimation7721 3 жыл бұрын
"Hey guys I just had and idea." "What?" "What if we pretend to be some Russian dude when we publish this book?" *silence* "THAT'S GENIUS!"
@ma1ist 3 жыл бұрын
The lads just having fun.
@asopbob6064 3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@rnwillyanto 3 жыл бұрын
🤣
@jaclies7628 3 жыл бұрын
@@ma1ist me and the boys secretly writing a book as a prank
@thisrandomdude_ 3 жыл бұрын
In Soviet Russia, others don't make you read za book... you write your own...
@Sarik0497 3 жыл бұрын
It’s so amazing to imagine just how intelligent these students were. They were clearly not just your everyday people, but geniuses in their own ways. Also, I love how this indirectly tells us, that even though we as individuals may not be comparable to legends like Einstein, Pythagoras or Newton, but in groups, we’re capable of achieving amazing achievements.
@Heart2HeartBooks Жыл бұрын
So.......like..........."Two heads are better than one"?
@ajcon3874 Жыл бұрын
@@Heart2HeartBooks Exactly. Together humanity grows. Apart it is nothing.
@davidgutierrez3312 Жыл бұрын
Most maths students are very intelligent and there was a lot undiscovered or not formalized at the time. There are many more maths geniuses among us today but the problems have become more difficult.
@i2keepitrealInreseach 5 ай бұрын
@@davidgutierrez3312 I won't say most.. But some...
@thehammerandsickle2490 3 жыл бұрын
That moment when you "prank" half the world's population into using a textbook made by a ghost...
@callen34659 2 жыл бұрын
Em ghost is probably not an accurate word since ghost would 'exist' if you know what im saying
@QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 жыл бұрын
"No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness." --Aristotle
@deepstariaenigmatica2601 3 жыл бұрын
wasn't that Einstein when talking about paul dirac?
@Ell_lovell 3 жыл бұрын
Heh... I have more than atouch’
@blabla-rg7ky 3 жыл бұрын
"No better place to learn math than on the internet" - Pythagoras
@ayman9224 3 жыл бұрын
bla bla Can’t deny such a universal quote by Pythagoras
@blabla-rg7ky 3 жыл бұрын
@@ayman9224 glad you agree :)
@GRBtutorials 3 жыл бұрын
“Nicolas Bourbaki may have been imaginary, but his legacy is very real.” So you could say he was... complex?
@lonestarr1490 3 жыл бұрын
Nah, just projecting.
@dinghanxue704 3 жыл бұрын
that's a nice one. a math joke under a math video.
@527vamsikrishna3 3 жыл бұрын
Good one haha.
@alexisp-c379 3 жыл бұрын
You have no argument
@stevewilldoit_cuzwhynot 3 жыл бұрын
that was a good one lol
@PeacePham1991 3 жыл бұрын
A bunch of mathematicians that didn't mind not taking credit for their work! Mad respect!
@vozamaraktv-art5595 3 жыл бұрын
True!
@blackout995 3 жыл бұрын
This is nothing compared to the greatest scientist of all time, "Et Al."
@divishatewari7612 2 жыл бұрын
lol 😂
@michaelmclemore649 2 жыл бұрын
The means to do what he does
@michaelmclemore649 2 жыл бұрын
Math is the father of science and language. Man counted before he organized his language (discovered numbers). Without his father Math, Science cannot stand. Math stands without science. In fact the biggest fan of Math is his son Science that he graciously lent the power to toddler off into the sunset
@skycopper1336 2 жыл бұрын
Can you guys explain da joke pls?
@user-dl1bs6lm1g 2 жыл бұрын
When a document is quoted in order to give credit you must cite the authors and put them in your References or Bibliography. When a document has many authors you only mention some of them and then you put "et al." which means "and others". Et al. Appears in many citations, that's the joke.
@ShauryaSingh-ts2oc 3 жыл бұрын
Plot Twist: Nicolas was real and the group killed him to take his credit.
@shivakumargujjari 3 жыл бұрын
Whoa whoa calm down my dude! That was dark👀
@deepstariaenigmatica2601 3 жыл бұрын
cursed comment
@esmeray9704 3 жыл бұрын
Woah...
@tribhavansingh9536 3 жыл бұрын
I am here be careful.. 😐🙏
@illusionfaderr5394 3 жыл бұрын
Stop
@thinhnonyt 3 жыл бұрын
Everybody gangsta till their textbooks’ author doesn’t exist.
@kavinbharathirm9478 3 жыл бұрын
I don't know why but I find this funny
@wickivicton9450 3 жыл бұрын
Hmmm. Kimetsu no yaiba?
@baguette745 3 жыл бұрын
@@wickivicton9450 No it's a JoJo reference
@Bakasta170 3 жыл бұрын
@@wickivicton9450 Have u read the manga or just has watched the anime? 😃 btw big fan.
@wickivicton9450 3 жыл бұрын
@@Bakasta170 both
@angelyiu629 3 жыл бұрын
Whoever made the idea on writing puns in Nicholas' obituary deserves an applause.
@jakubpiekarski5591 3 жыл бұрын
Now we need those puns.
@hwgoblin 2 жыл бұрын
*mad lads*
@genkideska4486 3 жыл бұрын
Pranks back then : let's create a character and write groundbreaking math in his name,hehe. Pranks nowadays : so I burnt my friends home and bought him a new one.
@bobypiza 3 жыл бұрын
“I like Russia” “Ok?” “Let’s pretend to be Russian “
@maninthecrowd5076 3 жыл бұрын
We like Russia. That's the truth and at the same a communism joke. Feels good.
@peterfireflylund 3 жыл бұрын
Actually named after an old French general, not a Russian.
@MaheshKumar-vw6uo 3 жыл бұрын
@@maninthecrowd5076 get out capitalist jocker
@anime4life930 3 жыл бұрын
Jorjeeta Panda who asked?
@Qbe_Root 3 жыл бұрын
“Let’s pretend to be Russian” “You mean Russians?” “No no, Russian”
@shaheen4663 3 жыл бұрын
I never understood why people would give credit to a made up dude for the excellent work that they did
@aliyannadeem1104 3 жыл бұрын
Guess they were all about the laughs
@isaiahestabrook6247 3 жыл бұрын
Because for a lot of mathematicians, it isn’t about being recognized. It’s about the betterment of mathematics. Great example of this is Grigori Perelman who proved Poincaré conjecture but turned down the award.
@danielsteel5251 3 жыл бұрын
Mathematicians tend to be masochists. In all sorts of ways.
@duckymomo7935 3 жыл бұрын
A lot of these results weren’t new or ground breaking ZFC was already formalized by the time of “Bourbaki”
@mazeemadaline3091 3 жыл бұрын
ikr like Einstein didn’t think that what he discovered was special at all
@MHeymann 3 жыл бұрын
"If every *possible* output could be mapped onto *by* at least one input" is in my mind a better phrasing for surjectivity. Great video! 😍
@enchantking 3 жыл бұрын
They should make a movie about this!!!
@LdNote 2 жыл бұрын
omg so true that would be amazing
@nigelmaccuver9122 3 жыл бұрын
Descartes : I THINK, THEREFORE I AM. Bourbaki : THEY THINK, THEREFORE I AM. 😇😇😇
@lisahoang5166 2 жыл бұрын
Billie Ellish: Therefore I am
@rougeandrei9095 2 жыл бұрын
That's actually... brilliant.
@dylanmark1834 2 жыл бұрын
Elite joke
@rufaiguruboy7677 2 жыл бұрын
You are really a mathematician
@ryanblechta7156 2 жыл бұрын
I rebel therefore we are
@mk_rexx 3 жыл бұрын
"All but one of us are gonna be referenced as 'et.al' anyway" -the authors, probably
@gildedbear5355 3 жыл бұрын
Ultimate math/science troll: change your name to "et al". that way we can get "et al et.al"
@playmaker.3596 3 жыл бұрын
etality
@shiningdahlia 3 жыл бұрын
I was just asking myself that! How do you reference the work of an imaginary person? 💭
@forreadingoutloud6282 3 жыл бұрын
@@shiningdahlia Well you have to keep in mind that for people who lived at the time, Bourbaki was very much a "real" person. So yeah, including him in references is not really that much of an issue
@wellesradio 3 жыл бұрын
GildedBear “et-al et al” I do think that’s how some of the early algebra treatises were attributed.
@relatablenoodles9245 3 жыл бұрын
he was so famous, he even got a 21 pilots song made after him
@violetboulevard3899 2 жыл бұрын
@Sousea morph
@youraveragegrandma568 2 жыл бұрын
The 21 pilots song was so great 20th century mathematicians had a pseudonym inspired by it
@nate_storm 2 жыл бұрын
i was wondering how far i’d have to go for this comment
@SaiTheForgotten 2 жыл бұрын
Still dont get why TOP mentioned his name
@alex_plds 2 жыл бұрын
@@SaiTheForgotten yh the i dont get the why the leader of the niners was named after him
@klarissemagallanes8961 3 жыл бұрын
Those Mathematicians are Madlads at a whole new level
@Panda_Roll 3 жыл бұрын
"Hey, lets publish our work under a pseudonym. Which one do you think people will take seriously?" "Russian. People only trust wisdom and knowledge when they come from far away. Can't ever grow that stuff locally it seems."
@sovimohammedsaeed7802 3 жыл бұрын
Fyaza Heylets lets publis v
@wafer8870 3 жыл бұрын
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@royaldecreeforthechurchofm8409 3 жыл бұрын
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@t-gaygaygay8164 3 жыл бұрын
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@baxakk7374 3 жыл бұрын
That and lots of mathematicians came from the Soviet Union. The coolest kids at most schools at that time in the Soviet Union were kids who were good at math and physics. In the western world, they are considered weird and kind of shameful to be like that.
@ujwalbasnet9444 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe the greatest mathematician was the friend we made along the way.
@wohoi 3 жыл бұрын
bourbaki, I swear to God I will leave you in russia.
@leonardopaulsen2116 3 жыл бұрын
I thought Nicholas Bourbaki was a guy from twenty one pilots' album, trench You can find that name in their song morph
@thisrandomdude_ 3 жыл бұрын
What if... it was all... a dream...?
@AnimeCritical 3 жыл бұрын
Bifrost Bigfoot.. This was hilarious. Still laughing.
@deliriousjason8133 3 жыл бұрын
*imaginary friend*
@Snehal_Bajpeyee 3 жыл бұрын
"Who should be the author?" "Nicolas something...." "Great Idea!!!"
@michaleandmore5111 3 жыл бұрын
When a fictional guy's life has more meaning than mine 😭
@sirthomasfishnchips2477 2 жыл бұрын
F
@grammar_shark 7 ай бұрын
It's a long list. For example, Batman.
@illusionfaderr5394 3 жыл бұрын
Damn I just can’t imagine being smart enough to rewrite your school’s whole dang textbook
@anemari5809 3 жыл бұрын
Cuz knowledge isn't spoon-fed before. They need to discover thing cause ya know they can't google 😅
@memoboy4141 3 жыл бұрын
@@anemari5809 how can you not make sense on so many different levels, that's kind of brilliant.
@hybmnzz2658 3 жыл бұрын
@@memoboy4141 are you unable to read English? That is quite amazing.
@raspberrycrowns9494 3 жыл бұрын
@@hybmnzz2658 you should meet my 1 yr old niece
@markusoreos.233 3 жыл бұрын
@@hybmnzz2658 That was engrish, sir.
@Challyyeh 3 жыл бұрын
I can just imagine all the Geniuses who died in the world wars and how the world might be totally different if at least a few mozarts and einsteins lived. May they rest in peace.
@dinghanxue704 3 жыл бұрын
and it is also sad that most of the technologies advancing are a result of military research.
@prumchhangsreng979 3 жыл бұрын
Dont really know man. While it did alot of damage, it also allow the society to grow. Without world war I and II. We may not have the Unite Nation either. Small country might still be used by big nation and big nation might still have minor conflict over and over. And tbh, the world war is such a big war that everyone just so done with it and want peace. That period of peace allow technology and science to grow exponentially. The tech we have today is sth people from 100years ago could never imagine of. While these great mind die, their legacy live on. These group of mathematicians is collecting their legacy and set a universal standard. That mean, their work didn't go to waste. They didnt live on to do more math discovery, but our today mathematician are just as capable.
@honkhonk8009 3 жыл бұрын
Wihout it, we probably wouldnt have a use to apply all that theory practically.
@valhatan3907 3 жыл бұрын
@@prumchhangsreng979 woah dude, that one is beautiful
@boslyporshy6553 2 жыл бұрын
@@dinghanxue704 Necessity drives actions
@zaclanderos1624 2 жыл бұрын
"He'll always try to stop me, that Nicholas Bourbaki He's got no friends close but those who know him most know He goes by Nico, he told me I'm a copy" ~Morph - Twenty One Pilots
@stanley_george 3 жыл бұрын
A glance into the Wikipedia article tells that this group still lives and their latest publication was in 2016
@YEdwardP 3 жыл бұрын
"Nicolas Bourbaki may have been IMAGINARY, but his legacy is very REAL." I see what you did there, TED-Ed.
@pleaseenteraname4824 3 жыл бұрын
YEdwardP Im(Bourbaki)=life Re(Bourbaki)=legacy
@blackmamba1261 3 жыл бұрын
I don’t get it. That reference was too complex for me
@srash8854 3 жыл бұрын
@@blackmamba1261 it's quite irrational
@archeopterixneuroza4715 3 жыл бұрын
@@srash8854 I dunno, seems pretty natural to me
@dhrithivbhat 3 жыл бұрын
@@archeopterixneuroza4715 the fact that y'all are _add_ ing puns is _whole_ some
@tintirinao 3 жыл бұрын
Me:*unable to understand the math text book* after watching this video,my mind:"I will write my own math text book"
@Werelight 3 жыл бұрын
They pretty much went back to basics, making a modern work of Euclid. His own “Elements” was quite similar.
@mordecaithesage25 3 жыл бұрын
Nicolas bourbaki: hi- Tyler joseph: hippity hoppity you're now in dema
@MathMadeEasy 3 жыл бұрын
I just looked all of their names up and was incredibly saddened when I found all had died except one, Jean-Pierre Serre. R.I.P. mathematical legends.
@dinghanxue704 3 жыл бұрын
it's just nature's law.
@theyoutubeuser6797 3 жыл бұрын
Bourbaki still exist. Jean-Pierre was fired as he is more than 50 years old.
@mohitjain088 2 жыл бұрын
He was and still is the youngest winner of the Fields Medal, at the age of 27.
@clemente3966 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the thing with Bourbaki is that all the members are below a certain age and are all anonymous until one member is at least old enough, and so, out of the group. Then Idk what the specifics are, but iirc it's the member's decision to tell if they were a member or not, but usually former members we know of are old when they're still alive.
@MarvelGeek 3 жыл бұрын
TED-ED: Nicolas Bourbaki never existed Me: "surprised Pikachu face"
@jofx4051 3 жыл бұрын
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@MarvelGeek 3 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@evagraciela225 3 жыл бұрын
This takes twenty one pilot song to a whole new level
@nebulouscalamity6338 2 жыл бұрын
Which song is that?
@evagraciela225 2 жыл бұрын
@@nebulouscalamity6338 Nico and the Niners
@nebulouscalamity6338 2 жыл бұрын
@@evagraciela225 Thanks for the surprising prompt reply! I guess Nico and the Niners are all the same here. They're the ones controlling all of math, eh?
@adventureawaits3860 3 жыл бұрын
I found This on Wikipedia- The group's namesake derives from the 19th century French general Charles-Denis Bourbaki,[3] who had a career of successful military campaigns before suffering a dramatic loss in the Franco-Prussian War. The name was therefore familiar to early 20th century French students. Weil remembered an ENS student prank in which an upperclassman posed as a professor and presented a "theorem of Bourbaki"; the name was later adopted. (Andre wiel was one of it's founders)
@Moon-iv1xy 3 жыл бұрын
Honestly I kinda get it, if I was a part of the team, I'd rather choose a cool group name to "represent" everyone than being reduced to et al. lol
@mayaibarra85 3 жыл бұрын
I didn't think about that, everytime I put et al. for the papers I had written, I always feel bad for all the other names that also deserved recognition.
@AM_-wg1hj 3 жыл бұрын
I changed my comment so the replies don't make any sense
@harshita.07 3 жыл бұрын
*But I feel bad for everyone who lost their lives on world war 1*
@youisstupid2586 3 жыл бұрын
And the horses
@jinujustin9271 3 жыл бұрын
bro its a relief otherwise the syllabus would have been more thicker
@Aphelia. 3 жыл бұрын
The scientists, the artists and all others. War is just a waste of good people.
@esmeray9704 3 жыл бұрын
@@Aphelia. ikr
@pahulpreetsingh141 3 жыл бұрын
I heard Nikolas bourbaki and immediately my brain went to twenty one pilots
@ryanthegreat6768 3 жыл бұрын
He'll always try to stop me, that Nicolas Bourbaki
@Stickerznstitchez 3 жыл бұрын
Me too 😭😭
@mordecaithesage25 3 жыл бұрын
YAAAS I LOVE TRENCH
@ashrafbutt9418 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for telling such an informative video😀
@firstname4653 3 жыл бұрын
He’ll always try to stop me, that Nicholas Bourbaki
@XxSwagBeatboxerxX 3 жыл бұрын
TOP fans liked that 😎
@zaarakhan6824 3 жыл бұрын
He's got no friends close but those who know him most know , he goes by nico he told me I am copy and when I heard he'd mocked me THAT ALMOST STOPPED ME
@TemPestKratos 3 жыл бұрын
We'll we're surrounded and we're hounded
@sofiavelardez2441 3 жыл бұрын
theres no above or a secret door
@alexandermcleanalmndbuttrt4714 3 жыл бұрын
what are we here for?
@Dr_Steve.N 3 жыл бұрын
These stories would make maths so interesting imo. why they don't tell this at school.🤷♂️ Thanks Ted ed
@ChrisM-qo1jc 3 жыл бұрын
it doesnt help u understand the mathematics of it all
@ariaasterial9295 3 жыл бұрын
@@ChrisM-qo1jc It would make you want to understand it more though, and wanting to understand makes understanding a lot easier
@dimitris5866 3 жыл бұрын
@@ariaasterial9295 10/10 Make it a quote now.
@Dr_Steve.N 3 жыл бұрын
@@ariaasterial9295 yup
@user-ht7pl6go1v 3 жыл бұрын
Ikr. just imagine how many people would be interested in math just because of the prank story.
@cestrocchia 3 жыл бұрын
This is a great content that I've shared in my social media. Keep it for further!
@manuelangeldomingueztoribi6516 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video.
@francotomatillo 3 жыл бұрын
I really like the fact that the guy working on commutative groups and the guy working on Z-modules couldn’t understand each other despite these two objects being the same. If that was an intentional touch, Kudos!
@irene9332 3 жыл бұрын
" the highest form of pure thought is in mathematics" - Plato
@Gadget-Walkmen 3 жыл бұрын
Is it tho? Explain for example!
@deadangel03 3 жыл бұрын
LudicrousKid those were Plato’s words, not his.
@manjityadav6845 3 жыл бұрын
Smoke weed everyday -Elon Musk
@iredred4378 3 жыл бұрын
@@manjityadav6845 I'm crying
@behzat8489 3 жыл бұрын
@@Gadget-Walkmen there is nothing more pure than math. I cant prove that now but its true. Btw the thing we are learning in schools is not math. Believe me.
@Inkan1969 2 жыл бұрын
Oh, wow. That's an inspiring story. The world owes a lot to the Bourbaki group.
@angelanoelle8111 3 жыл бұрын
and I thought Nicolas Bourbaki was just a random name in the TwentyOne Pilots' "Morph"
@Alkalus 3 жыл бұрын
Man: No, Nicolas Bourbaki doesn’t exist. French Mathematicians: Ight bet.
@denhro 3 жыл бұрын
Saw the title and instantly knew who this was about. ...He'll always try to stop me, that Nicholas Bourbaki...
@ananyask503 3 жыл бұрын
He's got no friends close but those who know him most know he goes by Nico
@mordecaithesage25 3 жыл бұрын
@@ananyask503 he told me i'm a copy when i'd hear him mock me that almost stopped me
@napoleontan2841 2 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate this.
@cypher1133 4 ай бұрын
This is one of the most interesting stories i have heard
@QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 жыл бұрын
"Genius is the recovery of childhood at will." --Arthur Rimbaud
@michaeljohnson905 3 жыл бұрын
Be gone, bot
@razlem 3 жыл бұрын
I can't believe what I'm studying now came from a prank lmao
@robertschlesinger1342 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting and worthwhile video.
@WillSelman 2 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite Teds.
@phillipskids3686 3 жыл бұрын
Why dont they tell us this in school? we just assume things have always been organized but really people worked super hard to being math together
@Jay-nh6um 3 жыл бұрын
Do you seriously think math was created, organized and developed without effort? Hundreds of generations were needed to even conceptualize the field of mathematics... School assumes you assume that everything took lots of work to be done.
@giobronskij8249 3 жыл бұрын
Because these were scholars studying advanced mathematics, why would school waste any time telling you their story when they need to teach kids basic maths lmao
@MatthewSmith-wx9wy 3 жыл бұрын
0:48 Me & my friend in Math.
@mel594 3 жыл бұрын
"..the lack of a shared mathematical language." 😂
@paradox5468 3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@alannash2778 3 жыл бұрын
So much of this went over my head, but I do like the humour of the group!
@mellow-yellow918 3 жыл бұрын
Moral of the story: If you don't like a book, write one on your own(and yes,pretend to be a Russian guy-that's important)
@sayanchoudhury3190 3 жыл бұрын
imaginary numbers exist in mathematics so as imaginary mathematicians in our society
@amellirizarry9503 3 жыл бұрын
It’s seems very apropiate when you put it that way 🤔
@Aditi-eq1um 3 жыл бұрын
Apt
@TheOfficialZombieWhisperer 3 жыл бұрын
It's nice when people who are capable, follow through.
@reymartbara2206 3 жыл бұрын
Wow thanks for insights
@asurajsharma 3 жыл бұрын
Always on point with the gorgeous animation
@soobinickyoung 3 жыл бұрын
So this is the Nicolas Bourbaki that Tyler Joseph of twenty øne piløts is talking about in the song Nico and the Niners.🤔
@jangronowski8180 3 жыл бұрын
Yes that's the point, Nicos studies are a good metaphor for the story of trench(Plus he literally invented TOPology)
@amit_1 2 жыл бұрын
amazing information
@johnnyr7289 2 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest stories ever told
@camiloiribarren1450 3 жыл бұрын
The story of man who never was in a world who never knew him creating a legacy many couldn't reach. What a great legend
@supermarioplayersmp 3 жыл бұрын
As soon as I saw that title I knew “who” this was gonna be about. Great work as always!
@anathael6626 3 жыл бұрын
Great job on filling the blanks with actual commonly used properties, makes it all the more believable
@ConnoisseurOfExistence 3 жыл бұрын
Incredible!
@SS-yl5wo 3 жыл бұрын
flying from a fire, from nico and the niners
@Pepel_sna 3 жыл бұрын
Can you explain, please?
@trap-pd2mv 3 жыл бұрын
@@Pepel_sna 'east is up I'm fearless when I hear this on the low' are you telling me you never heard this famous phrase ?
@jolie1412 3 жыл бұрын
always trying to stop me that nicholas bourbaki
@krolipfozhe1417 3 жыл бұрын
@@jolie1412 omg! Now I finnaly understood the line.....thanks😀
@gracelewis4016 3 жыл бұрын
EAST IS UP! I'm fearless when I hear this on the low, EAST IS UP! I'm careless when I wear my rebel clothes, EAST IS UP! when bishops come together they will know that: Dema don't control us!
@danpat8135 3 жыл бұрын
Great animation as always!
@lesbloches1142 2 жыл бұрын
What a smooth video to talk about it ! Love it ! I would also add this : Nicolas Bourbaki still exists today. In fact, the group is welcoming new mathematicians who shall leave it when they are 50, because after this age we become idiots. The identities of current members are mostly kept secret...
@ChanwooPark-me1wc Жыл бұрын
우리가 지금 배우고 있는 수학이 정립된 지 불과 몇십 년 밖에 지나지 않았다는 사실이 좀 놀랍네요. 확실히 수학 용어를 통일시킨 작업은 수학자들이 서로의 분야를 이해하고 융합하는 데 도움을 많이 주었을 것 같습니다. 유익한 영상 감사합니다!
@fazzadon8944 3 жыл бұрын
They did it for the lolz. What madmen, I love them.
@nutritiondaily2022 3 жыл бұрын
Great videos from Ted-ED during the pandemic. Thank you! ❤️
@devroopsaha4020 3 жыл бұрын
I love this channel always new facts about physics, math and science. Thanks for uploading these videos, 😊😊😊❤❤❤
@paulgraf6963 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks for this one:)
@oscard4801 3 жыл бұрын
This stories makes mathematics, really interesting and attractive. I love them!
@salad5701 3 жыл бұрын
the face when someone that never existed achieved way more than you ever will
@johndalton8839 2 жыл бұрын
fact* Also, you're speaking for yourself here. No one else
@Welivecurious 2 жыл бұрын
अद्भुत ! सभी पेरेंट्स को देखना चाहिए यह वीडियो और अपने बच्चों से इस बारे मैं बात करनी चाहिए। मैथ क्यूरोसिटी के बहुत जगह है घर पर होने वाली बातचीत मैं Homeschoolers मैं Math Curiosity पैदा करने के लिए हम भी प्राइमरी के बच्चों के साथ काम और कोशिशें कर रहे हैं
@troller7779 3 жыл бұрын
I am a Undergraduate student and this video gave me goosebumps 🔥
@tigerlewis7370 3 жыл бұрын
He'll always try to stop me, that Nicholas Bourbaki He's got no friends close but those who know him most know He goes by Nico, he told me I'm a copy When I'd hear him mock me that's almost stopped me Well we're surrounded and we're hounded There's no above or a secret door What are we here for? If not to run straight through all our tormentors? But until that time I'll try and sing this
@angler3897 Жыл бұрын
If I keep moving, they won't know
@j-drummer9132 3 ай бұрын
I’ll morph to someone else
@4felix8 3 жыл бұрын
I feel so bad for those mathematicians who lost their lives in world war 1, war is a terrible thing😢😞
@thalassaer4137 3 жыл бұрын
2020 says bang bang pew pew
@sevastopol1845 2 жыл бұрын
😒🤫
@greenmustard493 2 жыл бұрын
@@thalassaer4137 more like touch touch dead dead
@agoogleuser3853 2 жыл бұрын
I love how the phrase at the start was written by no other than Nicolas Bourbaki
@alexanderpeca7080 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing combination presenting the best of humans: Purpose, altruism, science and humor ❤️
@tanishkagour5457 3 жыл бұрын
Oh he is alive he's just in dema ||-//
@jehulukwesa 3 жыл бұрын
@LEE WEI QIN Moe Same haha
@justanotherfabulouskilljoy 3 жыл бұрын
Yess ||-//
@ananyask503 3 жыл бұрын
"He's got no friends close but those who know him most know he goes by Nico"
@mordecaithesage25 3 жыл бұрын
He's telling tyler he's a copy
@captive-audience 3 жыл бұрын
I can think about nothing but Twenty-one Pilots just after hearing the name Nicolas Bourbaki.
@PedroHenrique-vt1nz 3 жыл бұрын
Why?
@huzi37709 3 жыл бұрын
@@PedroHenrique-vt1nz bump
@aishwaryaiyer117 3 жыл бұрын
@@PedroHenrique-vt1nz because they reference Nico as a fictional representation of negativity in their recent album named "Trench"
@zx4706 3 жыл бұрын
YEAH
@gracelewis4016 3 жыл бұрын
He's got no friends close but those who know him most know: he goes by nico
@dariusx9899 2 жыл бұрын
I respect your distance and understand you decisions .
@caskie7465 2 жыл бұрын
dude this is amazing
@aryansarc 3 жыл бұрын
We are studying about these functions in Grade 11 here (in India) Injective fnc is popularly know as One-One function (as it gives only one output for any input) Surjective fnc is called Onto function ( basically it means every output should occur once, Mathematically it means Range = Co-Domain of that function) Bijective is both One-One and Onto function. (Bijective fncs are popularly taught bcoz they are invertible fncs, eg- y=x and y=1/x )
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