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Monster Group (John Conway) - Numberphile

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The Monster Group explained. Conway playlist: http://bit.ly/ConwayNumberphile
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Featuring John Conway (Princeton University) and Tim Burness (University of Bristol).
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A little extra bit from Tim: Monster Group (a little extra bit)

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20 Comments

@bibliodugu 6 years ago

"One thing I'd really like to know before I die is why the monster group exists" RIP John Conway

@longevitee 10 years ago

"It's very difficult to explain."
"I like to think of them as Christmas tree ornaments."

@DrMcCoy 12 years ago

"This is quite a difficult thing to explain..." - "I think of them as christmas tree ornaments."

:D

@MatthewConnellan-xc3oj 2 years ago

He did the math, he did the monster math…

@monrax 12 years ago

from a 2-dimensional equilateral triangle to 196883-dimensional monster. Boy, that escalated quickly.

@dalewithit 9 years ago

Conway is an interesting guy. He comes across as an old and wise mathematician who has seen terrifying things that he can't quite explain to regular people

@jacksonkehoe306 8 years ago

"First of all, it has the, do nothing element"
cue triangle doing nothing

@Gary_Johnson 4 years ago

12:12 I love the transition from "okay, so it's very very complicated" to Conway just "It's like Christmas tree ornaments"

@TakeWalker 12 years ago

I wish I had this man's talent for drawing straight lines.

@ilumalucwile2422 9 years ago

Very cool and very well explained. "In mathematics you never understand anything, you just get used to things."

@fernandocarrazzoni 6 years ago

"The one thing I'd really like to know about is why the Monster Group exists."

"I'd like to understand what the Hell is going on."

@zhadoomzx 4 months ago

RIP Mr. Conway ... we still have no idea why the Monster Group exists... 12 years later.

@HUEHUEUHEPony 6 years ago

as soon as I heard of his death, I thought of this video. I hope he managed to undserstand the monster group.

@scottb2587 6 years ago

I once went to Princeton and was thinking about moving there... hoping for a friendly sign that I should be there...

There was John standing on the corner scratching his head staring at pigeons...

To this day it is one of my most vivid memories.

@gussaldivar4029 6 years ago (edited)

Rest in Peace, John. Thank you for sharing your beautiful ideas with us. "We do care" :)

@danhunt5016 12 years ago

Dr. Conway is a really interesting man

@Vienuolee 12 years ago

I found amazing, how two different conversations were merged together, and it kinda completed each other.

@BricksOfAwesome 12 years ago

I go into this video thinking, "maybe I can solve this one day'.
Finish the video and I`m like 'skrew dis I`m not dealing with 200,000 dimensions'.

@amadexi 5 years ago

"The number of dimensions we're talking about here is 196,883, so it is a very difficult thing to picture on your mind"

Yes it is.

@rlastly9995 12 years ago

I. Freaking. Love. This channel... Imagine the world, where Divinci or Newton could sit and have a conversation about their intellectual interests and the world could listen in. Numberphile came late but it found the party for sure