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The Coupon Collector's Problem (with Geoff Marshall)

2022-02-12

[public] 138K views, 13.5K likes, dislikes audio only

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Check out Geoff's channel. Here's a video I'm in about Platforms Zero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTHOyTypNs8

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Thanks to all of Geoff's running buddies for being involved. This is Matt's Runderground channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/runderground

Cheers to my Patreon supporters who keep this whole channel running. But not literally. You can also help support and shape the videos I make: https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths

CORRECTIONS

- 10:49 Yes, I said "converges" by accident when filming and I dropped in a "diverges" in the edit. I don't think anyone will notice.

- I think my big divergent observation may not hold! Clarence Lam was the first to spot that the lead n out the front of the series can explain the increasing times without the series itself needing to diverge. I suspect there is still an argument to be made around the rate at which times go up outpacing n, but I’m not sure it’ll be super intuitive.

-Let me know if you spot any other mistakes!

Early morning filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash

Props by Matt Parker

Music by Howard Carter

Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson

English subtitles by Max, Rob Macdonald, Eric Rodríguez and Matt Parker

MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician

Website: http://standupmaths.com/

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UK book: https://mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback


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