Newton's Fractal (which Newton knew nothing about)
Who knew root-finding could be so complicated?
Early view of the next part: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57323044
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On fractal dimension:
https://youtu.be/gB9n2gHsHN4
Mathologer on the cubic formula:
https://youtu.be/N-KXStupwsc
Some of the videos from this year's Summer of Math Exposition are fairly relevant to the topics covered here. Take a look at these ones,
The Beauty of Bézier Curves
https://youtu.be/aVwxzDHniEw
The insolubility of the quintic:
https://youtu.be/BSHv9Elk1MU
The math behind rasterizing fonts:
https://youtu.be/LaYPoMPRSlk
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These animations are largely made using a custom python library, manim. See the FAQ comments here:
https://www.3blue1brown.com/faq#manim
https://github.com/3b1b/manim
https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/
You can find code for specific videos and projects here:
https://github.com/3b1b/videos/
Music by Vincent Rubinetti.
https://www.vincentrubinetti.com/
Download the music on Bandcamp:
https://vincerubinetti.bandcamp.com/album/the-music-of-3blue1brown
Stream the music on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1dVyjwS8FBqXhRunaG5W5u
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:48 - Roots of polynomials
5:55 - Newton’s method
11:16 - The fractal
17:56 - The boundary property
23:13 - Closing thoughts
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3blue1brown, by Grant Sanderson, is some combination of math and entertainment, depending on your disposition. The goal is for explanations to be driven by animations and for difficult problems to be made simple with changes in perspective. Contact and F...