Explainers

by 3Blue1Brown · 28 videos

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10h 42m

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10h 42m
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1.5×7h 8m
1.75×6h 6m 51s
5h 21m
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Longest46m 24s
Shortest4m 8s
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1 But what is a neural network? | Deep learning chapter 1 18:40 2017-10-05
2 The essence of calculus 17:05 2017-04-28
3 How are holograms possible? 46:24 2024-10-05
4 But what is a Fourier series? From heat flow to drawing with circles | DE4 24:47 2019-06-30
5 But what is quantum computing? (Grover's Algorithm) 36:54 2025-04-30
6 But what is the Fourier Transform? A visual introduction. 19:42 2018-01-26
7 But what is the Central Limit Theorem? 31:15 2023-03-14
8 Transformers, the tech behind LLMs | Deep Learning Chapter 5 27:14 2024-04-01
9 But why would light "slow down"? | Visualizing Feynman's lecture on the refractive index 28:34 2023-11-30
10 e^(iπ) in 3.14 minutes, using dynamics | DE5 4:08 2019-07-07
11 Newton’s fractal (which Newton knew nothing about) 26:06 2021-10-12
12 But what is a convolution? 23:01 2022-11-18
13 But how does bitcoin actually work? 25:16 2017-07-07
14 But what is the Riemann zeta function? Visualizing analytic continuation 22:11 2016-12-09
15 Group theory, abstraction, and the 196,883-dimensional monster 21:58 2020-08-19
16 Some light quantum mechanics (with minutephysics) 22:22 2017-09-13
17 The more general uncertainty principle, regarding Fourier transforms 18:07 2018-02-25
18 Fractals are typically not self-similar 21:36 2017-01-27
19 Divergence and curl: The language of Maxwell's equations, fluid flow, and more 15:42 2018-06-21
20 Differential equations, a tourist's guide | DE1 27:16 2019-03-31
21 How (and why) to raise e to the power of a matrix | DE6 27:07 2021-04-01
22 Vectors | Chapter 1, Essence of linear algebra 9:52 2016-08-06
23 But what are Hamming codes? The origin of error correction 20:05 2020-09-04
24 Euler's formula with introductory group theory 24:28 2017-03-03
25 Bayes theorem, the geometry of changing beliefs 15:11 2019-12-22
26 Visualizing the 4d numbers Quaternions 31:51 2018-09-06
27 Hilbert's Curve: Is infinite math useful? 18:18 2017-07-21
28 Hamming codes part 2: The one-line implementation 16:50 2020-09-04

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