Mihai Nica
mihainica.bsky.social
Mihai Nica
@mihainica.bsky.social
Mathematician working on probability and ML at U of Guelph in Canada. I also make math videos at https://youtube.com/@MihaiNicaMath
I agree it's not hard and could be taught. However I do think it's hard to motivate at that level: like you could easily teach HOW to multiply two matrices but motivating WHY it works the way it works and not some other way is trickier. So overall I think it makes sense to wait for the motivation!
July 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I vote small at first glance! Looks intriguing :)
July 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I like the ones about computer vision! (I don't know what I don't know so can't be more specific)
July 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Imagine the bombs are cards instead. The situation is equivalent to each player being dealt one card and whoever is dealt the bomb loses. (You could imagine also "dealing" each player their card only on their turn if you wish). It's completely symmetric.
June 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Whatever you do, don't go to the restaurant AT the zoo.
June 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"Never start a land war on Feranganar"
May 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Once I was teaching a class and wanted to emphasize a strict inequality <, so my brain jumped to underlining it to make my point. (Answer to original question: Not significant, must be < )
May 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Solidarity. I think the thing I was most confused about as a parent is why they use the word "cry" so often....scream is so much more common/accurate imo!
May 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
One of the greatest misnaming in all of mathematics is the "quadrilateral": it should be called a "tetragon"!
May 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Edit to add that I just saw the secret endscreen and the connection to pi-with-blocks is even nicer than I thought.
April 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Very nice video! It's incredible that the pi-with-blocks problem has a "real life" application. Btw, I had on my list to make a video of ordinary probability vs quantum probability and this video is sparking joy. Would it be ok with you if I used some clips/screenshots from your video in my video?
April 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I swapped it to do 25% of 70, which is 70/2/2 = 17.5
April 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Love it. Is there a name for this? I propose Cantor's Textbook Argument.
April 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Tetragon >> quadrilateral. I'm starting a petition!
March 31, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Is Square hiding in the present ready to jump out and surprise everyone?
March 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Congrats! The amount you should celebrate this win is 1/epsilon
March 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Genuinely, they might remember this as one of those wonderful days of childhood.
March 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM