Can you trust an elegant conjecture?
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 Published On Sep 13, 2022

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Nathaniel Johnston's post on The Binary “Look-and-Say” Sequence:
http://www.njohnston.ca/2010/11/the-b...

Huge thanks to my mate Jonny Berliner for recording Eigen See Clearly Now because I thought it would be funny. Check out his website and channel for more science music fun.
https://www.jonnyberliner.com/
   / @jonnyberliner7212  

More on the general Look and Say Sequence:
https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Lookand...

I told you 3blue1brown had a good visual explanation for eigen-stuff.
   • Eigenvectors and eigenvalues | Chapte...  

Thanks to Ben Sparks for helping out with the graphics as well.
   / sparksmaths  

Cheers to my Patreons for helping enable these videos. That whiteboard wasn't free you know! Keep me in whiteboard pens here:   / standupmaths  

CORRECTIONS
At 11:17 I accidentally have Nathaniel Johnston's name as "Daniel Johnston". No idea how that happened. But I'm very sorry.
Let me know if you spot any other mistakes!

Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Eigen See Clearly Now music by Jonny Berliner channeling Jimmy Cliff
Eigen See Clearly Now lyrics by Matt Parker and Johnny Nash
Non-Eigen music by Howard Carter
Maths graphics by Ben Sparks
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson

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