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The hardest problem on the hardest test
3Blue1Brown · Dec 8, 2017 · 11m 15s
What this video covers
3Blue1Brown walks through a very hard Putnam competition problem and its elegant solution, emphasizing the visual intuition and the thought process behind solving it.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
HN fans list it among their favorite 3Blue1Brown videos for showing how mathematical problem solving actually unfolds.
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Recommendation context
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“3Blue1Brown is really great for learning/refreshing math. He has great visualizations.”