When your name starts with L but your function is a W 💀

Ah yes it has a "W" for a reason

chat is this a w function

First semester of Mech Engineering, a professor gave us a task to solve an equation to find the ideal chord length for an airplane wing. He didn't tell us the equation was unsolvable via elementary functions, essentially the point was having students crack heads at it until figuring out they couldn't solve it analytically and needed to use some numerical method, a valuable lesson going into engineering. Instead I did some research online and found the Lambert W function and managed to solve the equation with it. I'm not sure if he was impressed or mad that I avoided the main point of the exercise, but I did get a 10.

There are some teachers that show you how smart they are. And there are teachers the teach you how to solve. You are the perfect example the latter one.

The best thing is I learn Math from your videos without getting bored. Thats a mark of a great teacher.

Easily the best intro to the Lambert W on YouTube.

You are cool. My dad was a math and science teacher for over 40 years (a great benefit for me). He instilled in me a love of math. I'm glad I found your channel. It's time to reclaim my lost working years now that I'm retired.

I'm a Principal Scientist in mathematics and theoretical computer science (mainly) and still enjoy your videos. I'm not a teacher (unless you count the odd PhD), so I really admire your skill at teaching, which is something I don't really have.
My wife is giggling, teasing me about - erhem - watching another guy solving him some sexy little equation. 😊

i dont know were these functions are used i am here for the vibe this man has

This is the perfect level of math for me. I haven’t done this stuff for forty years, and it feels good to get back to it.

Sir, you are really an amazing and exciting teacher. You also speak very clear making it understandable for those who are not native in English like me.
All I want to say is that I hope I had only one teacher like you during my 30 years of education.
Keep going and good luck.

Great job for an introduction to the Lambert W function. It is important to point out though, that unlike logs, the Lambert W function is multi-valued between [-1/e, 0). Therefore, you have to be careful when using it.

Finally a clear explanation of how a mixed linear and exponential equation is solved algebraically in exact form with a special function I had not heard of before.

Excellent job of describing a use of the Lambert function... you are a great teacher !

You have the greatest handwriting I've ever seen on a chalkboard.

I have watched a number of Lambert W function clips and done some problems but this one was very nicely explained. Step by step and methodical. Kudos

Not even halfway through, and this is my new favorite math channel!

I have to say that I have tried to watch several videos on this topic from prominent YouTubers. You are the only one that actually managed to explain it to me. Thanks for a great video.

One of the best math channels on youtube. Congrats and thank you for sharing your knowledge.