The Parker Square - Numberphile

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  • Опубликовано: 11 дек 2024

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  • @numberphile
    @numberphile  3 года назад +295

    Merch: ruclips.net/video/aOT_bG-vWyg/видео.html

  • @LuisManuelLealDias
    @LuisManuelLealDias 8 лет назад +8592

    and a mathematical meme is born

    • @notavailable2538
      @notavailable2538 7 лет назад +234

      It's already a year and parker square meme still a parker square.

    • @ThePacifist1012
      @ThePacifist1012 7 лет назад +17

      you saying that makes it not parker square

    • @CaseyShontz
      @CaseyShontz 6 лет назад +30

      Luis Dias and the thing is only the numberphile fans get it, so it doesn’t get old or outdated or oversaturated

    • @remydrouant49
      @remydrouant49 6 лет назад +56

      Can confirm, watching this video because I felt out of the loop after seeing parker square comments on many different videos

    • @charlificate
      @charlificate 5 лет назад +26

      It's certainly not the best meme, but it is a classic Parker Square meme

  • @Robostate
    @Robostate 8 лет назад +4943

    If I deliberately try to make a Parker Square, but it turns out to be a valid Magic Square, would it then be a Parker Square OF a Parker Square?

    • @Bronzescorpion
      @Bronzescorpion 8 лет назад +120

      How would you try to make a Parker Square? Your goal would be to make a square that almost reached the goal of the square, but the goal will loop, unless you tried to make a Parker Square of a Parker Square of a Magic Square.
      Therefore you can only make a Parker Square out of something else and not out of itself.
      Of course you could define a Parker Square as a Magic Square with one failed diagonal line and with repeating numbers, but I don't think that is the definition they were going for.

    • @TheGuardian163
      @TheGuardian163 7 лет назад +244

      It would be a Parker Square squared

    • @NeverEverClever
      @NeverEverClever 7 лет назад +172

      You've just created a paradox:
      1. Your attempted parker square is not a parker square.
      2. That makes it a parker square because you almost got it to be a parker square.
      So your square is and is not a parker square. Now it's your decision: Did you create the penultimate parker square? As close as you can get to be one (because it is one) but not one at all (because being one makes it not one).

    • @MrtinVarela
      @MrtinVarela 7 лет назад +72

      It's a Parker cube.

    • @naverilllang
      @naverilllang 7 лет назад +51

      Martín Varela actually, it would be a parker tesseract.

  • @rovandahl7892
    @rovandahl7892 7 лет назад +2229

    "Stop trying to make Parker Square a thing!"
    PARKER SQUARE T-SHIRT NOW AVAILABLE
    Seriously, I love this video. So genuinely funny, funnily genuine and perfectly edited that even after ten times of watching it I still laugh so hard I start crying.

    • @brandonmartin-moore5302
      @brandonmartin-moore5302 4 года назад +19

      A contestant wore it on a Dutch reality TV show Wie Is De Mol?

    • @simulatrix
      @simulatrix 3 года назад +5

      I died laughing when that showed up

    • @rendeer8822
      @rendeer8822 3 года назад +14

      Update: It's an actual mathematical term now

    • @ndiogouniang83
      @ndiogouniang83 3 года назад +3

      Rovan, I'm just commenting so you'll come back and watch it again

    • @Triantalex
      @Triantalex Год назад

      ??

  • @cmelonwheels
    @cmelonwheels 10 месяцев назад +13

    In all these years I never realized that the Parker Square video also gave us "the mathematical definition of fame" which, personally, is one of my all time favorite lines. I think it's really underappreciated!

    • @imperator9343
      @imperator9343 5 месяцев назад +1

      Years down the road someone is gonna be reading some math paper that the author snuck a Parker Square joke into and Matt Parker himself will be definitively math famous

  • @OskarElek
    @OskarElek 8 лет назад +1833

    The more I think about it, the more does Parker square sound like a great name for a town square =)
    You can almost hear people say "You know, they tried to make it nice..."

    • @HelmutNevermore
      @HelmutNevermore 7 лет назад +36

      Or it could be almost square.

    • @TacticusPrime
      @TacticusPrime 7 лет назад +42

      But is it a park or square? :-)

    • @dimitriboscainos3220
      @dimitriboscainos3220 7 лет назад

      You can only be barefoot in the head in a square.

    • @dlwatib
      @dlwatib 7 лет назад +8

      It also sounds like a great name for a Monopoly board square. Put it right next to Park Place and subject its houses to rent controls.

    • @yashgaikwad7516
      @yashgaikwad7516 6 лет назад +1

      There is one in Cambridge

  • @willfreedo
    @willfreedo 8 лет назад +2903

    "Any sufficiently advanced Parker Square is indistinguishable from a Magic Square." -Arthur C. Clarke, 2016

    • @gkky-xx4mc
      @gkky-xx4mc 6 лет назад +35

      Severely underrated comment

    • @Gnomaana
      @Gnomaana 5 лет назад +5

      How does this only have 39 likes?

    • @martinferrand4711
      @martinferrand4711 5 лет назад +5

      @@Gnomaana 40 now x")

    • @martinferrand4711
      @martinferrand4711 5 лет назад +8

      @Jefferson Paul Mitchell Waller if we remove a 0 it is a power of 2 :D i love powers of 2

    • @jw41538
      @jw41538 5 лет назад +2

      phenomenal comment

  • @Cyberspine
    @Cyberspine 8 лет назад +2230

    Parker's attempt at not making Parker Square a thing turned out to be a real Parker Square.

    • @HKhandelwal
      @HKhandelwal 7 лет назад +13

      Awwwwwwsome.

    • @richardaversa7128
      @richardaversa7128 7 лет назад +41

      The irony of the Streisand Effect (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect?wprov=sfla1)

    • @MrtinVarela
      @MrtinVarela 7 лет назад +5

      +Richard Aversa
      Like durr plant?

    • @Triantalex
      @Triantalex Год назад

      false.

  • @titaniumdiveknife
    @titaniumdiveknife 8 лет назад +373

    "....once every century someone will look your name up in an obscure book."
    Wow. Perks.

  • @yousorooo
    @yousorooo 8 лет назад +2167

    Someone wrote an article on wikipedia about the Parker Square

    • @rosieisla8286
      @rosieisla8286 8 лет назад +12

      I'm gonna have to look that up but I hope it's true

    • @rosieisla8286
      @rosieisla8286 8 лет назад +122

      I only saw an article saying it was "considered for deletion" and I couldn't find it back. Looks like there was one, in the past, though.

    • @yousorooo
      @yousorooo 8 лет назад +98

      Rosie Isla There was, but I believe it got deleted later on.

    • @lvivtotoro
      @lvivtotoro 8 лет назад +35

      You can use the Way-back Machine to view that article.

    • @borisknapp9911
      @borisknapp9911 8 лет назад +89

      Matt is still fighting it :P

  • @yotam319
    @yotam319 7 лет назад +4209

    29 1 47
    41 37 -1
    23 -41 -29
    now its much better :D

    • @witherblaze
      @witherblaze 6 лет назад +188

      A negative times a negative is a positive.

    • @robbiedart7422
      @robbiedart7422 6 лет назад +1198

      That's the point

    • @otesunki
      @otesunki 6 лет назад +22

      XD

    • @LARAUJO_0
      @LARAUJO_0 6 лет назад +150

      The diagonals still don't work

    • @monkeybusiness673
      @monkeybusiness673 6 лет назад +394

      True, but it implies there is a family of Parker Squares! Maybe we are on to something here. "The Parker Space"? Like Hilbert-space, but not quite right! :-D

  • @suave319
    @suave319 8 лет назад +3167

    It will be so funny when people show up to matt's comedy routines wearing those t-shirts

    • @numberphile
      @numberphile  8 лет назад +606

      +Suave Atore that's the plan

    • @Popexssj
      @Popexssj 8 лет назад +35

      +Numberphile I already got mine :D

    • @standupmaths
      @standupmaths 8 лет назад +600

      That is a strange definition of "funny".

    • @suave319
      @suave319 8 лет назад +30

      standupmaths haha hi matt. Big fan :D

    • @Popexssj
      @Popexssj 8 лет назад +29

      standupmaths My life would be complete if you signed my shirt :D

  • @BlobVanDam
    @BlobVanDam 8 лет назад +1163

    Parker squares are the best kind of squares.

    • @unvergebeneid
      @unvergebeneid 8 лет назад +93

      Almost.

    • @BlobVanDam
      @BlobVanDam 8 лет назад +25

      +Penny Lane I meant in my heart.

    • @yekaneast
      @yekaneast 7 лет назад +41

      Actually they are the most adequate of squares

    • @Markovisch
      @Markovisch 7 лет назад +13

      I spend my days now trying to find more Parker Squares

    • @ThrawnTheater
      @ThrawnTheater 7 лет назад

      Blob from dtf? I remember you. Hope you're well.

  • @KasabianFan44
    @KasabianFan44 8 лет назад +5103

    . [Y'know, I was] [going to make] [a joke about]
    [the Parker Square] [but I couldn't] [going to make]
    [think of one...] [the Parker Square] [Y'know, I was]

    • @Aexerus
      @Aexerus 8 лет назад +247

      +KasabianFan44 Oh my god this is perfect

    • @abcmsaj
      @abcmsaj 8 лет назад +61

      +KasabianFan44 thats genius hahaha

    • @flidrl
      @flidrl 8 лет назад +391

      +KasabianFan44 You deserve a cookie. It is a digital cookie, which is almost like a real one, but not quite. A Parker Cookie maybe? 🍪

    • @SomeRandomFellow
      @SomeRandomFellow 8 лет назад +5

      +KasabianFan44 genius xD

    • @marshmelows
      @marshmelows 8 лет назад +3

      +KasabianFan44 U wot mate?

  • @eddotron1224
    @eddotron1224 8 лет назад +410

    I typed in "the Parker square" on Wikipedia and was directed to Matt Parker, looked at listed achievements and it just said "creator of the Parker square" xD xD

  • @kwanarchive
    @kwanarchive 3 года назад +144

    After the recent Numberphile video, this is now an historic moment in mathematics history.

    • @Raumance
      @Raumance 2 года назад +1

      Which one is that?

    • @ez_is_bloo
      @ez_is_bloo 2 года назад +4

      @@Raumance
      Finite fields probably

  • @jedihorjus
    @jedihorjus 8 лет назад +3420

    "Don't make this a thing!"
    ...
    ...
    [Makes merch of thing]

    • @Na5iR11
      @Na5iR11 8 лет назад +1

      lol

    • @standupmaths
      @standupmaths 8 лет назад +221

      That is Brady's definition of not making it a thing. I'm just surprised he stopped short of commemorative mugs…

    • @thelightupmario
      @thelightupmario 8 лет назад +38

      +standupmaths You've basically just guaranteed that's next on the line, now!

    • @lawrencecalablaster568
      @lawrencecalablaster568 8 лет назад +7

      French the Llama!

    • @Cythil
      @Cythil 8 лет назад +8

      Poor poor Parker. I knew he was in trouble the when I saw the square.

  • @rrni2343
    @rrni2343 8 лет назад +3839

    If you give up on solving a Rubik's cube, can you just say you made a Parker Cube?

    • @stickystick_stick
      @stickystick_stick 8 лет назад +5

      +Árni Þór Þorgeirsson yes.

    • @squidcaps4308
      @squidcaps4308 8 лет назад +106

      +Árni Þór Þorgeirsson But you first have to try. If you don't try, it's just a failed rubiks cube.

    • @David_Last_Name
      @David_Last_Name 8 лет назад +136

      you also have to get it MOSTLY right. Like the faces all have 1 color wrong, but the rest correct.

    • @TrickyTrickyFox
      @TrickyTrickyFox 8 лет назад +5

      +Árni Þór Þorgeirsson have a messed up Rubicks Cube with two-five sides being the same color, complete at least one side of it, failing the others, then give up on it - and boom, you have yourself a Parker Cube.

    • @Garomation
      @Garomation 8 лет назад +32

      if you gave it a go.

  • @nickchampion8392
    @nickchampion8392 8 лет назад +928

    I just discovered quite a lot of "1 by 1" type magic squares!

    • @6_6740
      @6_6740 8 лет назад +6

      xD

    • @RDSk0
      @RDSk0 8 лет назад +92

      You didnt discover them, you just Parker Square'd.

    • @UMosNyu
      @UMosNyu 8 лет назад +19

      +Nick Champion All 362880 permutations?!

    • @BooBaddyBig
      @BooBaddyBig 8 лет назад +25

      +Nick Champion I just extended your work to a family of hyperdimensional magic shapes!

    • @Cr42yguy
      @Cr42yguy 8 лет назад +10

      +Nick Champion i just discovered quite a lot of magic squares containing only 1s

  • @emperorpalpatine7454
    @emperorpalpatine7454 8 лет назад +212

    I mean this in the politest way, but whenever I need a laugh, I come here

    • @dnuoz819
      @dnuoz819 5 лет назад +6

      Emperor Palpatine Yes this must be my 10th time watching this haha

  • @vurpo7080
    @vurpo7080 3 года назад +124

    The irony is that Matt has made far more fame and money from being "the Parker Square guy" than he would have made off discovering an actual solution.

  • @yaseen157
    @yaseen157 8 лет назад +2513

    Parker square is totally a thing Matt. Don't underestimate the internet hahaha

    • @MegaBanne
      @MegaBanne 8 лет назад +37

      +yaseen reza allmost a thing

    • @GregaMeglic
      @GregaMeglic 8 лет назад +30

      +Electro-Cute Its a real Parker square of a thing XD

    • @Domihork
      @Domihork 7 лет назад +6

      I order the T-shirt a few days ago but you know what I'm still waiting for? Rose-tinted square glasses...

    • @MrJosh6889
      @MrJosh6889 6 лет назад +4

      I actually ended up here trying to figure out what a parker square is after watching his pi day video on standupmaths.

    • @demonking86420
      @demonking86420 6 лет назад +1

      Grega Meglic yo dawg I herd you like Parker squares

  • @chrispi314
    @chrispi314 8 лет назад +394

    As a French Person, I will now use "Parker" as something close to its end but not completely. Then I'll explain why. Don't worry Matt, you will be Parker remembered

    • @911gpd
      @911gpd 8 лет назад +37

      +Chris Pi par coeur ?

    • @marshmelows
      @marshmelows 8 лет назад +5

      +Chris Pi ahah Parker remembered :D

    • @SlimThrull
      @SlimThrull 8 лет назад +6

      +Chris Pi We, as citizens of planet Earth, MUST make this a thing.

    • @the1exnay
      @the1exnay 8 лет назад +29

      or we'll try to make it a thing but only a rather small subset of people will actually know about it... kinda a parker square of an attempt

    • @alikazerani
      @alikazerani 7 лет назад +5

      Indicatif, présent: Je parke, tu parkes, il/elle parke, nous parkons, vous parkez, ils/elles parkent.

  • @Zirkalaritz
    @Zirkalaritz 8 лет назад +59

    Years ago, I started sculpting clay because I was losing motricity in my hands and had to keep them busy. I never was an artistic minded individual and I hadn't the slightest notion of proportions or shapes.
    One of the first things I modeled was a human skull... the most pathetic, malformed and medically concerning human skull by shape. But I was proud of it and to this day, 16 years of sculpting and modeling later, it sits in my desk as a grotesque and embarrasing yet fond reminder of how I started.
    This square kind of reminds me of that... of how you start a hobby or passion with pitiful attempts that don't quite work... but they are *your* attempts and represent your determination of not giving up on your goals and projects.
    I, from now on, I'm going to refer to this as "giving it a Parker"

    • @NaPzt3R
      @NaPzt3R 8 лет назад +1

      +Zirkalaritz "giving it a Parker" is now a thing.

  • @jacobcain9008
    @jacobcain9008 6 лет назад +141

    The man. The myth. The legend. The Parker Square.

  • @TheFrodoBaggins33
    @TheFrodoBaggins33 3 года назад +43

    years later and finite fields are being classified as "parker" and "non-parker" all because of this video. it's iconic now

  • @djdedan
    @djdedan 8 лет назад +1180

    this has to be the funniest numberphile i've seen in a while. it took all my will power to LOL

    • @forgottenprose
      @forgottenprose 8 лет назад +101

      +DjDedan I guess your willpower was only parker square willpower

    • @djdedan
      @djdedan 8 лет назад +5

      Proverbial Potato ouch! :-)

    • @Leistria
      @Leistria 8 лет назад

      +DjDedan Brain Power?

    • @ophello
      @ophello 8 лет назад +29

      You mean it took all your willpower not to laugh?

    • @Leistria
      @Leistria 8 лет назад

      Yes... and there is a song called 'Brain Power'

  • @crash6871
    @crash6871 8 лет назад +200

    reuse 3 numbers twice and one of the diagonals doesn't even work: The Parker Square

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 5 лет назад +20

      crash6871 You've got a Parker square there in saying "reusing twice"

  • @markschippel7974
    @markschippel7974 8 лет назад +93

    The Parker Square may not be a great addition to mathematics but, it is a wonderful addition to the lexicon of the English language! So useful in describing the world of the Not Quite Right. Thank you for your contribution!

  • @joebykaeby
    @joebykaeby 8 лет назад +161

    The fact that Matt Parker exists continues to make the world a tiny bit brighter

  • @Cre8tvMG
    @Cre8tvMG 3 года назад +36

    3:40 - I'm not calling it the Parker square...
    2021 - 'Parker' becomes an adjective in maths meaning 'almost worked'. It's not just squares, EVERYthing can be Parker. :-D

  • @kacperkopec8360
    @kacperkopec8360 8 лет назад +56

    I really want to make "The Parker square" a catchphrase among my friends. Sadly, they are not big maths fans, so it may turn out to be the Parker square of catchphrases.

  • @UMosNyu
    @UMosNyu 8 лет назад +114

    After thinking about it for a while (46 seconds) I realized how much philosophy is hidden behind the Parker-Square.

    • @omarhuge
      @omarhuge 8 лет назад +21

      +UMos that's a parker-square amount of time to think about it

  • @BattousaiHBr
    @BattousaiHBr 8 лет назад +3678

    Bad Luck Brian:
    * Discovers a Magic Square *
    * It's a Parker Square *

    • @Tydrelin
      @Tydrelin 8 лет назад +7

      +BattousaiHBr I love this!

    • @MonzennCarloMallari
      @MonzennCarloMallari 8 лет назад +27

      +Bob Bobson That was a Parker Square kind of comment. So close!

    • @xl000
      @xl000 5 лет назад +1

      Bad Luck Brian

    • @jd2kcccddd
      @jd2kcccddd 5 лет назад

      Bad luck Parker

  • @PanthereaLeonis
    @PanthereaLeonis Год назад +19

    Coming in from June 2023, Parker Square, and its derivatives of "Parker [concept]" are still alive and well! Sorry, not sorry, Matt!

  • @Findulidas
    @Findulidas 8 лет назад +94

    Probably the funniest clip on numberphiles.

  • @katiekawaii
    @katiekawaii 8 лет назад +202

    I am 100% using "that's a real Parker square" as often as possible.

    • @AirIUnderwater
      @AirIUnderwater 6 лет назад +7

      I already use it with all of my friends and so far no one has got the reference despite me telling them to watch this video all of the time.

  • @TheGamblermusic
    @TheGamblermusic 8 лет назад +39

    Best numberphile video ever. I parker squared my exams the other day.

    • @standupmaths
      @standupmaths 8 лет назад +28

      You mean you gave them a really good go!

    • @TheGamblermusic
      @TheGamblermusic 8 лет назад +12

      standupmaths
      Yes ! I like them so much i'll go for them a second time ;)

    • @calvinjohnson6242
      @calvinjohnson6242 7 лет назад +1

      standupmaths This comment is a parker square

  • @Koroistro
    @Koroistro 7 лет назад +130

    Well joke's on us , i guess he made way more than 1000£ by selling that shirt.

    • @singerofsongss
      @singerofsongss 3 года назад +10

      He even published a book including the Parker Square, way more than £1000

  • @cufflink44
    @cufflink44 Год назад +11

    This legendary video wouldn't be nearly as legendary if Matt himself weren't so damn cute and charming.

  • @MatteoBlooner
    @MatteoBlooner 8 лет назад +76

    I think we can all agree that the best Parker square ever is when Matt said "I don't want to call it Parker square"

  • @MelindaGreen
    @MelindaGreen 8 лет назад +58

    I love how the instant he realizes the name is inevitable, he starts finding rationals for it.

  • @simargl2454
    @simargl2454 8 лет назад +96

    So mathematical fame is a Parker Square kind of fame.

  • @thegermanpanda6699
    @thegermanpanda6699 8 лет назад +34

    It's a perfect square in my heart.

  • @Peter_1986
    @Peter_1986 5 лет назад +21

    Without a doubt one of the most legendary videos on Numberphile.

  • @Nogli
    @Nogli 8 лет назад +15

    This man was part of a project where they built a massive calculator of dominoes which sadly didn't quite work (a Parker Square event), and yet this is the most deflated that I have seen him.

  • @MrShagification
    @MrShagification 8 лет назад +157

    My life is a Parker square.

  • @TheMarkoSeke
    @TheMarkoSeke 8 лет назад +224

    Whenever Numberphile does a video with Matt Parker I'm laughing constantly throughout the whole video xD

    • @standupmaths
      @standupmaths 8 лет назад +54

      Thanks! Hopefully for the right reasons.

    • @TheMarkoSeke
      @TheMarkoSeke 8 лет назад +23

      standupmaths Absolutely!

    • @robo3007
      @robo3007 8 лет назад +3

      +standupmaths He's laughing at your magic square Matt, I wouldn't take it from him!

    • @scottgoodson8295
      @scottgoodson8295 8 лет назад +21

      +standupmaths Almost the right reasons. Not quite though.

    • @nosuchthing8
      @nosuchthing8 8 лет назад +1

      True, he seems like he was on Monty Python. Except when he took the wrong position on tau v pi.

  • @BurakBagdatli
    @BurakBagdatli 8 лет назад +38

    "But I gave it a go! And of course I didn't find. I found this... this... adequate... you know... it's like..."

  • @roco3457
    @roco3457 3 года назад +7

    in youtube's search bar, "parker square" is the first result for "pa", above "parabola" and "partial fractions"

  • @Kelseyjohnstonnz
    @Kelseyjohnstonnz 3 года назад +6

    Parker vs Non Parker…oh how far we’ve come!

  • @CristiNeagu
    @CristiNeagu 8 лет назад +258

    Matt hopes this whole "Parker square" thing will be just another Parker square and not quite make it to popularity.

  • @ze_rubenator
    @ze_rubenator 8 лет назад +79

    I was gonna write something witty, but in the end I just parker-squared it and came up with this instead.

    • @KasabianFan44
      @KasabianFan44 8 лет назад +3

      I'm guessing the grammar mistake at the end is there to show the Parker-square-ness of the comment? ;)

    • @ze_rubenator
      @ze_rubenator 8 лет назад

      *****
      Actually no, is there an error I can't see there?

    • @KasabianFan44
      @KasabianFan44 8 лет назад

      Ze Rubenator "Instead" is one word ;)

    • @ze_rubenator
      @ze_rubenator 8 лет назад

      *****
      Oh yeah, you're right (:

    • @bacon.cheesecake
      @bacon.cheesecake 7 лет назад +2

      you know what, your comment is not that great. but you gave it a go, and that's what matters

  • @Reggiland
    @Reggiland 8 лет назад +58

    i will use 'parker square' in a conversation some time. i don't know when but it will be used for something that is on the cusp of perfection but has so much further to go. we need to make Matt famous!

    • @standupmaths
      @standupmaths 8 лет назад +48

      You might find the conversation goes a bit Parker Square.

    • @Reggiland
      @Reggiland 8 лет назад +8

      +standupmaths its an honor to have you reply to my comment. :D

  • @helderboymh
    @helderboymh 5 лет назад +29

    I watched this video so many times.
    @4:27
    "Stop trying to make Parker square a thing"
    * Merch appears
    Gets me every time !

  • @kcwidman
    @kcwidman 7 лет назад +158

    It might be a mascot for giving it a go... rip

  • @silver4905
    @silver4905 2 года назад +18

    It’s got it’s own Wikipedia entry now 💀

  • @MaaikeMin
    @MaaikeMin 7 лет назад +18

    Haha, the shirt has made it to Dutch television :') Diederik Jekel wears it on 'Wie is de mol?' S17E07

  • @TakeWalker
    @TakeWalker 8 лет назад +54

    This was hilarious. :D Best mathmatical bromance in history.

  • @jan_kulawa
    @jan_kulawa Год назад +6

    the dawn of a meme. I'll never forget

  • @ToothTalksTaste
    @ToothTalksTaste 8 лет назад +23

    Got my t-shirt. Now having to explain it to people who think it's a new band!

    • @onkelpappkov2666
      @onkelpappkov2666 5 лет назад +14

      Let's just say it's close to being one but it isn't quite there.

  • @thulyblu5486
    @thulyblu5486 8 лет назад +77

    Nice, someone has already made the Parker Square Wikipedia article... :D
    Watch the exact moment of Matt's fate (3:28) "...I don't want to call it a Parker Square..."

    •  8 лет назад +9

      +Thulyblu It has a deletion discussion running, but 42 people edited it. :D

    • @thulyblu5486
      @thulyblu5486 8 лет назад

      FaRo
      hehehe lol

  • @themaskedcrusader
    @themaskedcrusader 8 лет назад +56

    if we consider that a "Parker Square" is one where each row and column and ONE diagonal add up to the same thing, then there are TONS of them. I wrote a quick program to crunch search all values 1 to 100, and it's spitting out "Parker Squares" all over the place. It'll take about a week to run to find all values where the base is < 100

    • @UriGerhard
      @UriGerhard 8 лет назад

      neat

    • @tellingthetalepodcast
      @tellingthetalepodcast 8 лет назад +2

      I was thinking about doing something similar but only for cubes. This is definitely the correct approach despite taking EXORBITANT amounts of time to compute.

    • @juangreen8194
      @juangreen8194 8 лет назад +5

      +themaskedcrusader Do you mind to show us a couple of those Parker Squares your program found please? :)

    • @themaskedcrusader
      @themaskedcrusader 8 лет назад +12

      +Joee Green There was a bug in my code giving me false positives. I've fixed the bug and will let you know when a legit parker square is found

    • @WujuStyler
      @WujuStyler 8 лет назад +2

      +themaskedcrusader replying to see your replies

  • @sabriath
    @sabriath 8 лет назад +130

    Easy solution:
    √2 √7 √6
    √9 √5 1
    √4 √3 √8
    Done :)

    • @edwardlau892
      @edwardlau892 6 лет назад +34

      You might as well go
      √2 √7 √6
      3 √5 1
      2 √3 √8
      Looks better it seems. :D

    • @vrabiealexandru2755
      @vrabiealexandru2755 6 лет назад +6

      Well then... dont you win a nobel prize now?

    • @witherblaze
      @witherblaze 5 лет назад +16

      @@vrabiealexandru2755 fields medal. No nobel prize for math

    • @lordtig4138
      @lordtig4138 5 лет назад +9

      Imagine if the problem was that easy. You can just take ANY magical square, take the sqrt of all numbers, and then ask for your thousand euros.

    • @GoogleAccount-pi9ct
      @GoogleAccount-pi9ct 5 лет назад

      Lol

  • @kdawg3484
    @kdawg3484 5 лет назад +5

    I feel like I could write a entire book about this 4:54 video analyzing every single nuance of how great the comedy in it is. It has everything. You couldn't intentionally write a skit that hits as many comedy buttons so dexterously as this mostly-improvised little video. I'll never not find it hilarious.

  • @seancloser
    @seancloser 8 лет назад +8

    I like the enthusiasm of this guy. This is what it s like when someone is truly passionate about sth.

  • @evil_duck_de
    @evil_duck_de 2 года назад +3

    After years of Numberphile videos I only just came to this gem of a video, after listening to Matt Parkers brilliant audio book version of "The Humble Pi". Thank you so very much for giving the world the Parker Square!

  • @infogames2724
    @infogames2724 Год назад +5

    29 squared + 1 square + 47 square
    41 squared + 37 squared + (-1) squared
    23 squared + (-41) squared + (-29) squared
    there. now every number is unique :)

  • @blipmachine
    @blipmachine 3 года назад +4

    This video is the definition of “it’s not much but it’s honest work”

  • @HedgieMaster05
    @HedgieMaster05 Год назад +2

    Oh my gosh these shirts are still available! This is hilarious!

  • @vmp916
    @vmp916 3 года назад +7

    I honestly believe this is among numberphile’s non-parker videos

  • @alterego3734
    @alterego3734 7 лет назад +25

    Another Parker Square:
    74 | 82 | 97
    2 | 113 | 94
    127 | 46 | 58

    • @user21XXL
      @user21XXL 5 лет назад +17

      that's a parker square of a parker square example - you used 9 different numbers, you didnt fail hard enough

    • @peter-d9f3l
      @peter-d9f3l 5 лет назад +6

      That's the "magic square" with a single diagonal that has the smallest total for the seven lines which work. Second smallest is:
      148 | 254 | 4
      194 | 116 | 188
      164 | 92 | 226
      No square works with both diagonals (or with one diagonal other than variants of these two) with a line total less than 120,000. My program is still running to try higher totals, but got to 120,000 in an hour or two...

  • @cortonimor
    @cortonimor 7 лет назад +22

    *cue Coldplay music*
    "When you try your best but you don't succeed"

  • @backwashjoe7864
    @backwashjoe7864 4 месяца назад +1

    Eight years later, and it’s still amazing how he brought this on himself. He spoke the Parker Square into being! 😊

  • @onstable3184
    @onstable3184 5 лет назад +11

    "In maths fame means that someone will see your name every century in some obscure old book" xD

  • @Science4allOrg
    @Science4allOrg 8 лет назад +24

    I have an almost marvellous proof of Fermat's last theorem but I Parker-squared it...

    • @akanegally
      @akanegally 6 лет назад

      Je pensais pas que sur cette video je tomberais sur un de tes commentaires!

  • @VarizonPlays
    @VarizonPlays 8 лет назад +98

    I love numberphile! I think I have numperphilephile

    • @lawrencebermudez
      @lawrencebermudez 8 лет назад

      +Varizon parkerphile keepo

    • @laxxius
      @laxxius 8 лет назад +39

      Wouldn't it be you have Numberphilephilia?

    • @proefslak
      @proefslak 8 лет назад +14

      +Laxxius Yes, I think he has Numberphilephilia.
      So he is a Numberphilephile.

    • @NNOTM
      @NNOTM 8 лет назад +14

      +Varizon That's a real Parker Square of a pun

    • @ratlinggull2223
      @ratlinggull2223 8 лет назад +7

      I love all of you guys! I think I have Numberphilephilephilephilephilephilephilephilephilephilephilephile
      Read more...

  • @s1s1sad
    @s1s1sad 5 лет назад +2

    This is the most classic Numberphile video to me. I don't think I'll ever be able to stop watching it.

  • @assafcohengoodes6654
    @assafcohengoodes6654 4 года назад +1

    best numberphile video EVER.

  • @connortremblay1259
    @connortremblay1259 6 лет назад +13

    I routinely use the phrase Parker square in conversation and nobody knows what I'm talking about

    • @sujimtangerines
      @sujimtangerines 5 лет назад +6

      Been using it since the video came out and no one ever seemed to know what I was talking about. Went to the park yesterday and saw some kid attempt a skateboard trick (I'm neither young or cool enough to know what it was), but didn't stick the landing. Turned to my own kid and said, "oh he Parker Squared that" and the skater dude gave me a thumbs up and said his name was Matt, too! I was a bit speechless that someone finally seemed to get it.

  • @Peter_1986
    @Peter_1986 Год назад +4

    At 3:28, there was no longer any hope for Matt to get rid of the Parker Square meme;
    he was just digging himself deeper and deeper into that hole throughout the rest of the video from that point.

  • @martinshoosterman
    @martinshoosterman 8 лет назад +24

    Just submitted parker square to urban dictionary, soon ill go for Marriam Webster.

  • @conure512
    @conure512 7 лет назад +19

    The town I live in has a town center called Parker Square...

  • @AnAverageItalian
    @AnAverageItalian 4 года назад +3

    And thus, a legend is born

  • @wtmftproductions
    @wtmftproductions 7 лет назад +18

    3:54 Matt, I hope you will one day be the Patron Saint of "giving things a go." XD

  • @Asimovum
    @Asimovum 8 лет назад +25

    This video is a Parker Square

  • @enriquemedarde
    @enriquemedarde 8 лет назад +29

    It's not a magic square, but at least it's in the ballparker

    • @danialhaseeb1909
      @danialhaseeb1909 8 лет назад +1

      +Enrique Medarde Which is precisely a Parker Square. :)

    • @JimFortune
      @JimFortune 8 лет назад

      +Danial Haseeb But a ball park is a diamond, not a square.

    • @enriquemedarde
      @enriquemedarde 8 лет назад

      +Jim Fortune a Parker Square is also a diamond: a shape that's almost a square but not quite :D

    • @JimFortune
      @JimFortune 8 лет назад

      Enrique Medarde A ballpark diamond isn't square. Maybe a ballParker square is a new thing...

    • @enriquemedarde
      @enriquemedarde 8 лет назад

      +Jim Fortune We're getting somewhere. We should go play basematt in the ballparker.

  • @PauLtus_B
    @PauLtus_B 8 лет назад +13

    If "Parker square" would relate to everything in maths that works in every way except one. You wouldn't have your name relate to the proudest achievements but remember: it would be used a LOT.

    • @IceMetalPunk
      @IceMetalPunk 8 лет назад

      x³ ≠ 8 is such a Parker square.

    • @PauLtus_B
      @PauLtus_B 8 лет назад

      IceMetalPunk
      What if x = 1.29683955465?
      I don't quite understand what you mean ;)

    • @davidmelo9862
      @davidmelo9862 8 лет назад +1

      It works in every way(x not 2) but fails on one way( x = 2 ).I think that's a Parker square.

    • @PauLtus_B
      @PauLtus_B 8 лет назад +1

      IceMetalPunk
      Due to the power of zooms I saw an 8 instead of a 3.

    • @PauLtus_B
      @PauLtus_B 8 лет назад

      David Melo
      Ah. I think I get it.

  • @jw41538
    @jw41538 5 лет назад +12

    "Some people would say that -- "
    "I would say that!"

  • @bilalzahid3560
    @bilalzahid3560 7 лет назад +552

    Who else is here from the 10958 problem??

  • @TommiHimberg
    @TommiHimberg 8 лет назад +5

    I'm very glad Parker Square is now a thing!

  • @kierantaylor5715
    @kierantaylor5715 8 лет назад +46

    Does this mean a triangle can be called a Parker Square?

    • @dielaughing73
      @dielaughing73 3 года назад

      Yes, if it had four sides. Except then it would be a Parker triangle.

  • @888SpinR
    @888SpinR 8 лет назад +12

    Somebody call the urban dictionary! Brady has done it again!

    • @Sceleri
      @Sceleri 8 лет назад +3

      +888SpinR Done, entry in evaluation, will comment when evaluated

  • @DrKaii
    @DrKaii Год назад +6

    1:18 in mathematics in 2023, fame means doing some maths that some youtube educator covers in a video that goes viral because of some inside joke, which someone makes a lot of merch money from

  • @kennethbeal
    @kennethbeal 2 года назад +2

    Burst out laughing at the digits; 513 keeps peeking out at me. :)

  • @MegaBanne
    @MegaBanne 8 лет назад +19

    We are not going to make it a thing, but maybe a parker square of a thing.

  • @hps362
    @hps362 3 года назад +8

    So now he's more famous for failing than the 7x7 cube numbers guy is for succeeding

  • @1_____________________
    @1_____________________ 8 лет назад +1035

    I have the solution to P=NP
    P = NP
    P = NP | -P
    0 = N
    P = 0P
    P = 0
    Well, it's not the solution, but i parker-squared it.

    • @evanknowles4780
      @evanknowles4780 8 лет назад +32

      +Spiked Blueshell No, P would be equal to zero. N would then be any number.

    • @captaincupkakez7595
      @captaincupkakez7595 8 лет назад +29

      +Evan Knowles or P is any number and N is 1

    • @Froggy711
      @Froggy711 7 лет назад +44

      P=00P

    • @griffinwhite9929
      @griffinwhite9929 6 лет назад +13

      come on man you obviously just divide both sides by P and you get N = 1.

    • @hahahihi1540
      @hahahihi1540 6 лет назад +4

      Lol it's P Vs NP problem , not P = NP . Let's see how you solve that millennia prize problem .

  • @namanjain989
    @namanjain989 Год назад +2

    Sir, but if you become the mascot of giving it a go, you would become the mascot of discovering, of research that you can't get a greater honour than that.

  • @ssgoko88
    @ssgoko88 2 года назад +2

    this is a piece of history