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No video today, but...

Hey folks,

No video today, but next week I'll publish a two-video project.  I'll charge it as a single video, though, since really it's just one that outgrew itself.   It's something neat a Stanford CS prof of mine showed me which relates a classic puzzle to counting in different bases, and to a curve that fills...

Solving Towers of Hanoi

More for the fours.

Counting in different bases

Hey there $4+ers, I had a bit of fun today trying to illustrate the concept of counting in different bases, relevant for an upcoming video.

Essence of calculus, chapter 1

Hello patrons!

The draft for the first "Essence of calculus" is now done.  What I've shared with you is an unlisted link, meaning you can access the video with the link, but you would not be able to find it through search, my YouTube page, various browse features, etc.

There are a few reasons I think it's important ...

First "Essence of calculus" coming soon...

Hey Patrons,

In case you're curious, I'm planning to have the first chapter of "Essence of calculus" done for you guys by tomorrow evening.   I was hoping to have it done by the end of last week, but hey, you never really know with these things.

-Grant

More EoC Animations

Man, usually when I animate I do it in nice little bite-sized scenes, but these ones are ending up as long mini-videos each. 

Essence of calc animation

Hello $4+ patrons!  I feel like a lot of the scenes I'm animating for the first essence of calculus video aren't the best for out-of-context silent viewing.  Nevertheless, I'll share this one with you.  It might give a loose hint for the general tactic I'm taking in this initial video.

Utter madness

We're at the goal!  This is so much sooner than I expected, and I don't even know what to say.  A simple "thank you" really doesn't feel like enough.  Know that I'll work with you all in mind, doing my best not to let you down.

The mission here, in case it's not already clear, is to fan the flames of math-love a...

New video out!

I think you guys will like this a lot.  It's certainly one of my favorite pieces of math, if not the favorite.  Let me know what you think!

Tricky gluing

More for the fours and up!

Mobius strip onto surface

Remember the surface from the last animation?  Mapping the Mobius strip onto that guy will turn out to have a certain significance.  (Don't worry, all will be explained in the video itself)

Another inscribed rectangle animation.

Another sneak preview animation from the upcoming video for you four and up folk!  See if you can guess how this surface is defined, and what its significance is.

Wow. Just, wow.

I honestly cannot believe this, 24 hours after launching this page and you all have already pledged over $1,000 per video!  You can probably guess how motivating this is to keep creating content, both standalone videos and "Essence of" series, and to make them all as good as I know how.   As a small token of gratitude,...

Animation from upcoming video

For all of you who pledged $4 and more, here's an animation for the current video I'm working on. 

Folks!  $150.00 per video and it hasn't even been an hour since launch!  You all are the absolute best.