Ain't No Twin Primes (live) | Bill Withers parody by 3Blue1Brown and Acapella Science

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  • Опубликовано: 20 апр 2024
  • This was done as part of an event by Matt Parker (@standupmaths ) "An Evening of Unnecessary Detail". Many thanks to Tim Blais (@acapellascience) for joining, and for the Bell House in Brooklyn for housing the event.

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  • @MrNoipe
    @MrNoipe Месяц назад +713

    grants singing voice is amazing

    • @KrelianLoke
      @KrelianLoke Месяц назад +39

      I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know

    • @AtomicAndi
      @AtomicAndi Месяц назад +3

      yeah, could be at 70 million subs with very little effort

    • @LukePuplett
      @LukePuplett Месяц назад +4

      Before I ever saw him, I imagined him to look kinda like Withers, so this makes so much sense :)

    • @KrelianLoke
      @KrelianLoke Месяц назад +15

      For a long time, he never showed his face on his 3B1B channel, I thought he was not likely good-looking since he was so intelligent and articulate, turned out he is good-looking. Now I just discovered he is musically talented too. All good genes.

    • @johanneskolsky782
      @johanneskolsky782 Месяц назад +6

      He's been serenading us with his math voice for years, it's no great surprise when his singing voice is just as good 🙂‍↔️

  • @parthkanani7323
    @parthkanani7323 29 дней назад +226

    This is what I pay my internet bills for

    • @bencressman6110
      @bencressman6110 25 дней назад +4

      Sometimes I forget the internet isn’t free

  • @rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven
    @rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven Месяц назад +360

    Lyrics:
    Ain't no twin prime solution
    It ain't known how they behave
    Do the twin primes go on and on?
    It's been open so damn long
    No-one knows quite what to say
    When are primes just two away?
    Well firstly are primes ever done?
    Euclid said there's just no way
    Multiply them and add one
    Every factor of that sum
    Is a prime not in the array
    So they never end, well, okay
    But when are primes just two away?
    Is there some algorithm?
    To sift the primes some simple way?
    I know the first one, that's the two
    To find the rest, here's what you do
    Reduce the naturals modulo two
    (Oh I get it! ...No, I, I, I don't get it, actually. Can you spell it out?)
    It goes one oh, one oh, one oh, one oh, one oh, one oh, one oh...
    (Tim! Tim!)
    (What?)
    (There IS more to the algorithm.)
    (Ah, that- that makes sense, actually. Um - please continue.)
    You knock off the zeros, reduce 'em mod three, like
    One oh, two one, oh two, one oh, two one, oh two, one oh...
    (Oh, okay! I get it.)
    Knock off the zeros, reduce 'em mod five, like
    One oh, two one, three two, four three, oh four, one oh, two one, three two, four three, oh four...
    Knock off the zeros, reduce 'em mod seven, like
    Hey, that's a neat little thing you've shown
    But what of twin primes on and on?
    As the new primes do go on (That prime theorem)
    The gaps between them grow this way (Something about Riemann)
    For a big prime, call it p
    The gap that follows tends to be
    On the mean, the logarithm base e
    But will they stop coming just two away?
    No-one knows quite what to say
    (Well okay.)
    Yet I get crank proofs every day
    (Dear sir! I have proven the twin primes conjecture!)
    They always start the same damn way
    (I study an elegant proof of prime generation!)
    To count the twin primes all you do
    Is list the numbers all the way through
    Reducing all of them modulo two
    (It's so simple!)
    It goes one oh, one oh, one oh, one oh...
    (Huge red flag if you're starting this way!)
    Knock off the zeros, reduce 'em mod three, like
    One oh, two one, oh two, one oh, two one, oh two...
    (All you're doing is applying a sieve...)
    (Search term you're looking for is "parity problem".)
    Knock off the zeros, reduce 'em mod five, like-
    Hey, you want to leave that proof alone
    There ain't no chance that's how it's shown
    When you start so trivially (One oh, one oh, one oh...)
    Like with the sieve of Eratosthenes (One oh, two one, oh two...)
    Chances are high you went wrong (I am the greatest math wizard alive)
    It's been open so damn long (Now take out the zeros, reduce 'em mod five)
    Someone else would've found such a way (Now one oh, two one, three two, four three, oh four...)
    You want a proof twin primes go on
    You want to be the next Yitang Zhang
    Maybe read what researchers say
    When the primes are just two away
    When are primes just two away?
    When are primes just two away?

    • @rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven
      @rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven Месяц назад +12

      Notes:
      -Some of the later 'one oh, two one, ...' don't follow the proper pattern. I assume this was unintentional; the above transcription has (what I believe is) the actual pattern.
      -I can't figure out what Grant says at 3:35.
      -4:21 sounds a lot more like "You want a proof twin primes are one" to my ears, but I don't think that makes sense so I'll assume they sang 'go on'.

    • @JohnDlugosz
      @JohnDlugosz Месяц назад +3

      This needs to be pinned!

    • @ZephyrysBaum
      @ZephyrysBaum Месяц назад +5

      @@rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven at 3:35 grant says "No, stop", (Also, it says this in the [man-made] subtitles as well)

    • @rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven
      @rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven Месяц назад +4

      @@ZephyrysBaum Thanks. (The subtitles weren't up at the time I made the original comment, just for the record.)

  • @Happy_Abe
    @Happy_Abe Месяц назад +269

    So glad to say I was there live, the crowd went wild with the “1 0 1 0 1 0….”
    Also I see the first attempt of this was not included here, which has some impressive Grant vocals😉

    • @Harmonikdiskorde
      @Harmonikdiskorde 23 дня назад +6

      I was kind of clenching at this part -- the mod 5 part seems really hard to sing without messing up!

  • @EvilTim1911
    @EvilTim1911 Месяц назад +184

    I'll tell my kids these were Simon and Garfunkel

  • @wiggletonthewise2141
    @wiggletonthewise2141 24 дня назад +55

    You guys just casually drastically raised the standard for videos to show in high school math classes

  • @northernlight1000
    @northernlight1000 28 дней назад +141

    What the hell can’t grant do, these should be the role models people look upto. Loved this!

  • @willemvandebeek
    @willemvandebeek Месяц назад +93

    For the people, who do not know the original Bill Withers song, which is being parodied here, it is called: "Ain't No Sunshine". :)

    • @miallo
      @miallo 24 дня назад +1

      Do I have to watch Notting Hill again now?

    • @TankAndKingsman
      @TankAndKingsman 13 дней назад

      The bassline is kinda like superstition?

  • @pablozaid6078
    @pablozaid6078 Месяц назад +137

    Love the polymeter at 2:18 ! Putting the "math" in "math rock"

  • @Elijah-2000
    @Elijah-2000 Месяц назад +41

    Another unexpected surprising side of the great Grant Sanderson.

  • @PreethamS-th1fg
    @PreethamS-th1fg Месяц назад +48

    10 10 10 10 10 10....
    Just can't get it out of my head!!

  • @anthonyparfilko3548
    @anthonyparfilko3548 Месяц назад +43

    Hi Grant! Thank you for putting our balloons up on stage. The one seen in the background of this video was supposed to be a brown cube. There were three other balloon shapes, all blue tetrahedrons.
    It was a blast sneaking the balloon pump into the venue and building these shapes before the show.

    • @JohnDlugosz
      @JohnDlugosz Месяц назад +1

      I saw it and knew it was a cube! I assumed it was from a previous act.

  • @cassDL
    @cassDL Месяц назад +69

    One oh one oh one one oh...hey-ya gonna leave that PROOF alone, ain't no way that it's shone...
    This slaps so hard.

  • @orangee_blox
    @orangee_blox Месяц назад +17

    “one oh- two one, oh- two one, oh- two one, oh- two” so inspirational 🥹

  • @julia_qwerty
    @julia_qwerty 28 дней назад +12

    Anyone else here who has this song stuck in your head?
    Wherever I go now, I always hear "one oh, one oh, one oh"....

  • @utorque
    @utorque Месяц назад +124

    HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FRICK TWO OF MY FAVORITE RUclips DUDES TOGETHER I LOVE YOU BOTH THANK YOU SO MUUUUUCH (I now officially understand k-pop fans when they shout all their lungs during the whole concert)

    • @cassDL
      @cassDL Месяц назад +3

      PREACH!

    • @JanStrojil
      @JanStrojil Месяц назад +13

      Two??? The third one is sitting right there!

    • @berryzhang7263
      @berryzhang7263 Месяц назад +2

      As a kpop enjoyer I can tell you I almost lost my voice watching this lol.

    • @forever_stay6793
      @forever_stay6793 Месяц назад +2

      I love this comment so much like REAL

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Месяц назад +5

      @@JanStrojil He's the Parker favorite!

  • @Heyhey_1792
    @Heyhey_1792 23 дня назад +6

    I swear ive watched this video waaay too many times… and i will continue to do so!

  • @OrigamiMarie
    @OrigamiMarie Месяц назад +57

    I keep rewatching this! Their voices, beautiful separately and wonderful together. The banter, and Grant saying Damn. The playing, and the slides. The fun lyrics, and the parts where they diverge and come back together. It's all such a great combination!

  • @edanmaor
    @edanmaor Месяц назад +235

    This is the greatest parody of a pop song that includes a full mathematical proof in its lyrics of all time.
    Seriously, so happy about this song, pure genius.

    • @tylerduncan5908
      @tylerduncan5908 Месяц назад

      It might be the only one, so you're not wrong

    • @thomasdalton1508
      @thomasdalton1508 Месяц назад +9

      ​@@tylerduncan5908 Nah, RUclips is full of them. This one is much better than most, though. Most of them are American college students studying Calculus 1 and getting really excited about integration by parts.

    • @scottychen2397
      @scottychen2397 Месяц назад +5

      There’s no proof in their lyrics.
      Although this is an excellent practice of a researcher, I agree.
      I think theyre taking inspiration from a blues motive - it seems distinctly that its not a ‘pop’ thing.
      And in this case, it can’t be equated with actual blues music.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Месяц назад +2

      How come that isn't a category at the Grammys?

    • @olivelong4511
      @olivelong4511 Месяц назад +6

      @@scottychen2397They prove the infinitude of primes toward the start.

  • @Faroshkas
    @Faroshkas 21 день назад +6

    Everytime I come back to this video I catch myself trying to like it again lol 😆

  • @ke9tv
    @ke9tv Месяц назад +32

    Sift the twos and sift the threes,
    In the Sieve of Eratostheses,
    Sift the fives and sift the sevens,
    Then go round and sift elevens,
    And as the multiples sublime,
    The numbers that remain are prime!

  • @ClassicalFilmMusic-vh2wg
    @ClassicalFilmMusic-vh2wg 27 дней назад +6

    This video deserves the largest known prime number of likes!

    • @allozovsky
      @allozovsky 27 дней назад +2

      Or at least the logarithm of the next natural number base 2.

    • @ClassicalFilmMusic-vh2wg
      @ClassicalFilmMusic-vh2wg 27 дней назад +2

      @@allozovsky That looks a bit more feasible...

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 Месяц назад +29

    math, teaching, poetry, amazing speaking and singing voice, guitar, handsomeness ... is there anything Grant can't do
    (iirc he also helped compose a bit of the main channel's music)

  • @Mahm00dM0hanad
    @Mahm00dM0hanad 29 дней назад +3

    Damn this guy knows coding, math, teaching and singing. What am I doing in my life

  • @HippocraTease
    @HippocraTease Месяц назад +26

    Didnt know my mans could sing so well ❤

  • @444haluk
    @444haluk Месяц назад +93

    the banger was "one oh one oh" that was supposed to be "I know I know" LOL

  • @charliejkelly
    @charliejkelly Месяц назад +7

    The little harmonies at 4:34 are so juicy!

  • @Yvelluap
    @Yvelluap 2 дня назад

    2:39 tim's singing here is killer and i refuse to let it go under yall's radars

  • @TheArtOfBeingANerd
    @TheArtOfBeingANerd Месяц назад +10

    I love the intersection of math and music on RUclips

  • @ewerybody
    @ewerybody Месяц назад +4

    SUPER nice to see Tim Blais joining in! What a match :D

  • @berryzhang7263
    @berryzhang7263 Месяц назад +6

    GRANTS LIVE VOCALS FOR DAYSSSS❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 I was screaming my head off the whole time. Pls release more music!!

  • @pandexity
    @pandexity Месяц назад +3

    PLEASE release this on spotify

  • @alasdairmontgomery1760
    @alasdairmontgomery1760 24 дня назад +2

    Legitimately incredible.

  • @TimJSwan
    @TimJSwan Месяц назад +4

    I started watching and laughed my butt off within 5 seconds once I saw who was sitting at that computer

  • @hamc9477
    @hamc9477 Месяц назад +2

    How do you make a duck funky? Put it in the oven 'til it's bill withers 🦆 🔥

    • @annesmith9642
      @annesmith9642 29 дней назад

      I had to laugh, but it's a little disturbing.

  • @TheMacco26
    @TheMacco26 Месяц назад +5

    You just let me discover AcapellaScience. Holy Moly you are both so talented in your YT channels!

    • @OrigamiMarie
      @OrigamiMarie Месяц назад +2

      Such a fun channel! I think my favorite is Entropic Time, followed by the one about planets with the Disney songs.

  • @caywind7
    @caywind7 Месяц назад +3

    Absolutely amazing

  • @carlosjuribe_
    @carlosjuribe_ Месяц назад +3

    They are at their prime! ❤👏

  • @completeepicness5070
    @completeepicness5070 25 дней назад +2

    TIM BLAIS

  • @BetaTestingUrGf
    @BetaTestingUrGf Месяц назад +20

    Another banger

  • @michalsteier315
    @michalsteier315 Месяц назад +2

    Absolutely fantastic in a fun and creative way.

  • @Phymaths
    @Phymaths Месяц назад +2

    The way they incorporated one-o in the song ❤

  • @adamwishneusky
    @adamwishneusky Месяц назад

    You’re amazing and this show was so good. Thanks for coming to one of my favorite venues! ❤

  • @Wyattporter
    @Wyattporter Месяц назад +1

    Never thought I’d hear 3blue1brown’s singing voice

  • @omgthatsjackie
    @omgthatsjackie Месяц назад +3

    Damn, the lyrics is pure joy! This was just awesome🔥

  • @amanuelgetachew634
    @amanuelgetachew634 Месяц назад +2

    Woke up to this. Made my day

  • @Isabelle-ud2df
    @Isabelle-ud2df 29 дней назад +1

    this is my new favorite video of all time holy moly

  • @john.dough.
    @john.dough. 22 дня назад +5

    What can't this guy do?

  • @markkennedy9767
    @markkennedy9767 Месяц назад +3

    This is just amazing. No end to Grant's talents

  • @johnanderson290
    @johnanderson290 Месяц назад +2

    Holy primes Grant, this made my day! Just when I thought I couldn’t fall any deeper in love with your content! 😃 I had no idea you that you play guitar, and also sing. I’m also a guitar player and a singer-songwriter, and a computer scientist who’s very passionate about mathematics. Incredible performance, and so creative! Bravo!! 👏

  • @UltraMaXAtAXX
    @UltraMaXAtAXX Месяц назад +2

    I need a studio version of this!

  • @JoelRosenfeld
    @JoelRosenfeld Месяц назад +1

    Excellent work, Grant! This song is amazing. This is going to become a classic in math classes.

  • @marta_makes
    @marta_makes 29 дней назад +1

    Simply wow

  • @DavidBeddard
    @DavidBeddard Месяц назад

    I had my doubts but boy did this deliver! Great stuff! 😂

  • @azechiel
    @azechiel Месяц назад +5

    Why does Grant get to be smart, talented, and attractive?

    • @Snowflake_tv
      @Snowflake_tv Месяц назад

      I agree❤😂🎉

    • @Snowflake_tv
      @Snowflake_tv Месяц назад

      Plus, that Acapella Science guy, either

  • @ARKGAMING
    @ARKGAMING 29 дней назад +1

    I'm so glad we get to hear more math songs from Grant!

  • @jamesjohn2537
    @jamesjohn2537 Месяц назад +2

    AHAHAHAHAHA 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 THAT COOL GUYS!!!, "LEAVE THAT PROOF ALONE!!"

  • @saahilgazi807
    @saahilgazi807 Месяц назад +6

    Awesome 💯

  • @TheNeptunianGamer
    @TheNeptunianGamer 28 дней назад +1

    Didn't know this dude could sing.
    I'm pleasantly surprised

  • @bernardoherrera5217
    @bernardoherrera5217 25 дней назад +1

    Brilliant!

  • @MaryAnnNytowl
    @MaryAnnNytowl 16 дней назад

    Oh, too cool! I love blues, and I'm a bit of a maths nerd, so when YT offered this up for me to watch, I was intrigued. It did NOT disappoint! 😂 Love it, now I'm going to go look for more of the same!

  • @retr0foxx_osu
    @retr0foxx_osu 26 дней назад +1

    woah this is awesome. i didn't know about that sieve algorithm thing before and it's hilarious how there are apparently a lot of people thinking they have proved the twin prime conjecture starting from that algorithm even though they probably have not.

  • @10produz90
    @10produz90 Месяц назад +1

    Soo good!

  • @fernandoteitelbaum
    @fernandoteitelbaum Месяц назад +1

    this is amazing

  • @FergalByrne
    @FergalByrne Месяц назад

    Beautiful

  • @Yelonek1986
    @Yelonek1986 Месяц назад

    This is amazing. My jaw is on the floor. 🤯

  • @sk8rdman
    @sk8rdman Месяц назад

    This may be my favorite genre of parody

  • @shaneri
    @shaneri Месяц назад

    splendid! thank you very much! very funny and interesting

  • @aroldobrunogomesmoreira8287
    @aroldobrunogomesmoreira8287 12 дней назад +1

    Love you guys, I really do

  • @scott6572
    @scott6572 Месяц назад

    This is incredible

  • @bitshuffler
    @bitshuffler 29 дней назад +1

    omg giants of math and science communication!

  • @mikeharrison1868
    @mikeharrison1868 24 дня назад +1

    Wow!

  • @AdvancedMath
    @AdvancedMath Месяц назад +2

    Best prime numbers songs.

  • @Nothingx303
    @Nothingx303 Месяц назад

    ❤❤ absolutely love this you are so talented grant

  • @olleicua
    @olleicua 28 дней назад +2

    Tim Blais is alive

  • @salchipapa5843
    @salchipapa5843 Месяц назад +1

    This was both super cool and hilarious. lmao

  • @paulpaul1764
    @paulpaul1764 17 дней назад

    Love that there was something to (slant) rhyme with Eratosthenes!

  • @felixkersey6538
    @felixkersey6538 Месяц назад

    This is the best thing I've ever seen

  • @viceroyveebjamn3176
    @viceroyveebjamn3176 Месяц назад +1

    Genuine full voiced cackle from me at 1:42 😂😂😂

  • @xHomu
    @xHomu 4 дня назад

    Finally, something to top "finite simple group of order 2"!

  • @theanyktos
    @theanyktos Месяц назад

    Omg this is the maths youtuber crossover I didn't know I needed

  • @anthonycortes5093
    @anthonycortes5093 28 дней назад

    you need to release this on spotify

  • @bola986
    @bola986 Месяц назад

    Amazing

  • @andptcauchy5252
    @andptcauchy5252 24 дня назад +1

    wow, so cool

  • @mtbikerdb
    @mtbikerdb Месяц назад

    Wow. That's awesome.

  • @goblin5003
    @goblin5003 29 дней назад

    Amazing❤

  • @scotthershberger
    @scotthershberger Месяц назад

    I need more math parody songs in my life

  • @HarishPillay
    @HarishPillay 7 дней назад

    fabulous, grant!

  • @MaximumMatador
    @MaximumMatador День назад

    Can we get a studio version please!!?!

  • @jayronyucker4272
    @jayronyucker4272 27 дней назад +1

    Yo this fire

  • @leventaksakal5
    @leventaksakal5 Месяц назад +1

    awesome banger

  • @il_vero_saspacifico6141
    @il_vero_saspacifico6141 29 дней назад +1

    I liked the bass

  • @brentknight9318
    @brentknight9318 26 дней назад

    Lawyers + Historians = our own only hope

  • @lorenzobosisio3838
    @lorenzobosisio3838 Месяц назад +2

    Genius

  • @monika7063
    @monika7063 29 дней назад +2

    tim blais did indeed play the funkiest bassline on a ukelele

  • @mintylemon66
    @mintylemon66 Месяц назад

    love how the emcee is vibing along 🔥

  • @vladyslav737
    @vladyslav737 26 дней назад

    Just amazing, fucking amazing to listen

  • @YawnGod
    @YawnGod 5 дней назад

    Well, this was fun.

  • @charliespinoza1966
    @charliespinoza1966 Месяц назад

    My heart 🥰

  • @kaustubhpandey1395
    @kaustubhpandey1395 Месяц назад +1

    Beautiful❤