2025-09-22

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Stand-up Maths

Learn more about the Jane Street internships at https://jane-st.co/internship25-SUM

Ben's Zener Test: https://zenertest.bensparks.co.uk/

Huge thanks to Ben Sparks (and their brother Tim) for making the site, collecting the data and sharing the story with me. You can book Ben to give a maths talk in your school, university or magic society: https://www.bensparks.co.uk/

Note that the page has been upgraded since the original to:

- track people who quit mid-test

- now select the card before the user chooses, so it is a valid psychic test

Thanks to the excellent Ash Pryce who took time to talk Zener and show us his tattoos. https://www.itsashpryce.co.uk/

How lucky is too lucky?: The Minecraft Speedrunning Dream Controversy Explained /youtube/video/8Ko3TdPy0TU

We filmed in the extravagant Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh. https://www.thevoodoorooms.com/

My binomial demo was based on this: https://www.geogebra.org/m/FyMaDJgA

Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. They keep my distribution shifted to the right. https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths

CORRECTIONS

At 6:57 by binomial expansion is critically missing some indices. It should read a^2 + 2ab + b^2.

Filming by Alex Genn-Bash

Additional bad filming by Matt Parker

Edited by Gus Melton

Written and performed by Matt Parker

Additional writing and research by Rhys Jones

Additional maths by Ben Sparks

Extra graphics support by Sam Hartburn and Ayliean MacDonald

Produced by Ayliean MacDonald

Additional help by Nicole Jacobus

Music by Howard Carter

Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson

Background vibes by that porcelain tiger

MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician

Website: http://standupmaths.com/