Pure Mathematics Videos Hacker News Recommends

Pure mathematics videos on HackerTube: the talks, lectures and explainers Hacker News commenters keep sharing, covering algebra, group theory, number theory, topology, analysis, geometry, calculus, linear algebra, Euler, prime numbers, Riemann hypothesis, mathematical proofs, famous theorems.

91 videos · ranked by HN recommendations · showing 1–48

Most recommended pure mathematics videos

The ones HN returns to most often when a thread turns to this topic.

course#1

Vectors | Chapter 1, Essence of linear algebra

3Blue1Brown

“the most welcoming and informative introduction to the topic I've ever seen”

17 HN recommenders · 2018–2026

explainer#13

But what is the Fourier Transform? A visual introduction.

3Blue1Brown

“this was the first thing that ever really made sense to me”

16 HN recommenders · 2018–2025

lecture#55

Lec 1 | MIT 18.06 Linear Algebra, Spring 2005

MIT OpenCourseWare

“I highly recommend the MIT 18.06 open course on linear algebra - the lectures are first rate.”

11 HN recommenders · 2011–2020

lecture#109

The Most IMPORTANT Video You'll Ever See (part 1 of 8)

wonderingmind42

“stick with it; it's really captivating and interesting”

13 HN recommenders · 2010–2025

course#185

The essence of calculus

3Blue1Brown

“When I discovered that video, all the formulas they tried to make me memorize started making a LOT more sense.”

10 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

lecture#198

Siggraph2019 Geometric Algebra

Bivector

“just watch this mind blowing video”

8 HN recommenders · 2020–2022

lecture#211

Category Theory 1.1: Motivation and Philosophy

Bartosz Milewski

“I think they are a very nice place to start learning these things.”

11 HN recommenders · 2016–2026

course#258

Essence of linear algebra preview

3Blue1Brown

“3Blue1Brown's youtube series I cannot recommend highly enough.”

11 HN recommenders · 2016–2018

explainer#269

A Swift Introduction to Geometric Algebra

sudgylacmoe

“If you want an inspiring (imho) overview of the power of geometric algebra, I thoroughly enjoyed the video”

7 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

explainer#275

The hardest problem on the hardest test

3Blue1Brown

“these videos give a sense of how someone might actually go about thinking through and solving these kinds of problems”

8 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

course#277

Imaginary Numbers Are Real [Part 1: Introduction]

Welch Labs

“The greatest audiovisual content on the topic I have ever seen”

7 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

explainer#343

The determinant | Chapter 6, Essence of linear algebra

3Blue1Brown

“I have warmed up to determinants ever since I saw 3Blue1Brown give a fairly intuitive explanation for them”

6 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

explainer#416

Fractals are typically not self-similar

3Blue1Brown

“Here is are two very clear explanations of fractal dimension by the man himself, Grant from 3b1b.”

7 HN recommenders · 2017–2024

explainer#425

The Banach–Tarski Paradox

Vsauce

“This vsauce video is actually a really accurate (and entertaining!) introduction to set theory”

6 HN recommenders · 2015–2024

explainer#438

Thinking outside the 10-dimensional box

3Blue1Brown

“There's a great 3blue1brown video that demonstrates this unintuitive result in a relatively intuitive way”

6 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

talk#456

The Future of Mathematics?

Microsoft Research

“For a perspective of a mathematician that came to evangelize theorem provers, I recommend Kevin Buzzard's MS 2019-09 presentation [0] about LEAN.”

9 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

explainer#475

Eigenvectors and eigenvalues | Chapter 14, Essence of linear algebra

3Blue1Brown

“By far the best explanation of eigenvalues is found on 3blue1brown”

6 HN recommenders · 2016–2025

explainer#530

All the Numbers - Numberphile

Numberphile

“here's a video that explains from the basics what kinds of numbers exist”

6 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

interview#550

How Big is Graham's Number? (feat Ron Graham)

Numberphile

“And here is the man himself describing it”

4 HN recommenders · 2014–2024

explainer#581

Visualizing the 4d numbers Quaternions

3Blue1Brown

“He does a great job of explaining quaternions though visual intuition.”

6 HN recommenders · 2018–2023

course#582

Pythagoras' theorem (a) | Math History | NJ Wildberger

Insights into Mathematics

“Highly recommend his History of Mathematics lectures on YouTube”

6 HN recommenders · 2014–2024

talk#587

Why can't you multiply vectors?

Freya Holmér

“The absolute first video to watch should be the (ironically titled) Why can't you multiply vectors?”

9 HN recommenders · 2023–2025

explainer#594

Ramanujan: Making sense of 1+2+3+... = -1/12 and Co.

Mathologer

“If you have half an hour to spare, I highly recommend to watch”

3 HN recommenders · 2016–2024

talk#628

Taking Vector Transposes Seriously | Jiahao Chen | JuliaCon 2017

The Julia Programming Language

“but seriously take the time to watch this, it's fantastic”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2022

lecture#642

Arithmetic, Population and Energy - a talk by Al Bartlett

lXlSalemlXl

“have totally changed the way I look at all political discourse”

6 HN recommenders · 2016–2023

explainer#654

What does it feel like to invent math?

3Blue1Brown

“Great intro”

6 HN recommenders · 2016–2024

explainer#704

But what is the Riemann zeta function? Visualizing analytic continuation

3Blue1Brown

“I don't think it comes close to 3blue1brown's video on the same topic -”

6 HN recommenders · 2017–2023

explainer#734

Who cares about topology? (Old version)

3Blue1Brown

“A particular favourite is the one on the Inscribed Square Problem”

4 HN recommenders · 2017–2020

course#737

Special Topics - The Kalman Filter (1 of 55) What is a Kalman Filter?

Michel van Biezen

“It's really worth watching even just the first couple videos to get a deeper understanding of this very useful technique.”

5 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

explainer#739

Why do prime numbers make these spirals? | Dirichlet’s theorem and pi approximations

3Blue1Brown

“Here is one of the most enlightening explanations for these kinds of spirals I have seen by 3blue1brown”

7 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

talk#744

[JSConfUS 2013] Steven Wittens: Making WebGL Dance

JSConf

“It's a fantastic, FANTASTIC tour of 3D graphics fundamentals.”

5 HN recommenders · 2013–2021

explainer#773

How To Count Past Infinity

Vsauce

“The most accessible resource I found was this VSauce video”

6 HN recommenders · 2016–2022

lecture#810

Exponential Growth Arithmetic, Population and Energy, Dr. Albert A. Bartlett

Hiroob

“The point is well illustrated in the talk, I highly recommend it.”

5 HN recommenders · 2019–2021

explainer#818

This equation will change how you see the world (the logistic map)

Veritasium

“But this is the one I think people on HN need to watch most”

4 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

lecture#902

Preface | MIT Calculus Revisited: Single Variable Calculus

MIT OpenCourseWare

“The way he explains things just clicked, after numerous failed attempts to learn from other sources.”

4 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

explainer#904

The Map of Mathematics

Domain of Science

“I suggest this "Map of mathematics" as a starting point that gives you a reasonable birds-eye view of the field.”

4 HN recommenders · 2018–2022

explainer#962

a better way to count

jan Misali

“This video convinced me that base 6 would be even better for simple pen-and-paper math”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2025

explainer#964

But what is a Fourier series? From heat flow to drawing with circles | DE4

3Blue1Brown

“Helped click that there is a perfect visual analogy to the deconstruction of complex audio to sine waves.”

4 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

explainer#969

Triangle of Power

3Blue1Brown

“My favorite new math notation is the triangle of power”

5 HN recommenders · 2016–2023

explainer#970

The Golden Ratio (why it is so irrational) - Numberphile

Numberphile

“a mind-rewiring video by numberphile concerning the golden ratio [0] made sense of all the spiral overlay art”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2026

lecture#971

Real Analysis, Lecture 1: Constructing the Rational Numbers

HarveyMuddCollegeEDU

“his teaching style is phenomenal”

5 HN recommenders · 2018–2024

explainer#1006

Hilbert's Curve: Is infinite math useful?

3Blue1Brown

“This is a great video on the Hilbert curve”

4 HN recommenders · 2017–2024

explainer#1007

The Infinite Pattern That Never Repeats

Veritasium

“My kids and I geeked out over the Veritasium video on Penrose tiles”

4 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

explainer#1041

Carl Sagan - Cosmos - Eratosthenes

carlsagandotcom

“Here is a wonderful video of Carl Sagan explaining it[0].”

4 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

explainer#1120

How Imaginary Numbers Were Invented

Veritasium

“I also highly recommend Veritasium's video[1] as an excellent explainer as well, especially regarding the roots of imaginary/complex numbers in geometry.”

7 HN recommenders · 2021–2023