What is the area of a Squircle?

2021-09-01

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This is the GeoGebra file Sam Hartburn made for me:

https://www.geogebra.org/m/pffgbck8

Here is The Coding Train's first part of the Super Shape series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z86cx2A4_3E

I mentioned the these old videos of mine:

Ellipses and perimeters /youtube/video/5nW3nJhBHL0

Generalising fibonacci /youtube/video/ghxQA3vvhsk

Lemniscate on MathWorld

https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Lemniscate.html

This is a really good write-up about Gauss and the Arithmetic-Geometric Mean.

https://homepage.univie.ac.at/tomack.gilmore/papers/Agm.pdf

This is a nice related problem about the area v perimeter of a squircle.

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2019/04/11/dido-problem/

Cheers to my Patreon supporters for whom I have dedicated one digit of Gauss's constant each. It was their inspiration who made me do the 'multiple Matts' thing. You can also help support and shape the videos I make! https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths

CORRECTIONS

- If you feel a sense of déjà vu: yes, the two sections at 16:13 and 16:45 cover the same content. I tried saying it two different ways and we accidentally left both in the edit. So, let's call that 'buy one get one free' sale on learning.

- At 21:42 I say "geometric mean" instead of "arithmetic mean". And that is probably not the only time. These words have lost all meaning to me.

- The Patreon credits stop early! Long story. I'll explain on Patreon.

- Let me know if you spot any other mistakes.

Crazy amount of editing and meshing of footage by Alex Genn-Bash

Maths graphics by Sam Hartburn and Matt Parker

Kitchen by Carrie and Nina

Music by Howard Carter

Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson

MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician

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