Mathematics of Juggling

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Uploaded by on Apr 29, 2010

Former world record-holding juggler and Cornell math professor Allen Knutson performs for math awareness.

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  • Alan, what does "NYU Witchcraft" mean? Is that a trick? Sincerely, Josh.

  • Too much stuff about balls for my liking.

  • Alan has a doctorate? Hi Alan. Josh from NYC.

  • Jugglers will ask... how can we make this harder? hahahaha... bullseye

  • It's a masterful performance, because he's giving a mathematical lecture in its own terms but all the while breaking into skilled juggling - and it all flows so well. The juggling supports/motivates the ideas and the ideas then makes the juggling even more watchable. It's like when teachers use 'affect'. Shame he can't cram it into 18 minutes eh?

  • at 41:10 minute mark Allen is asked about the rhythm of a pattern. Some throws will sound different, loud 1's etc, but the rhythm is always even. The pattern shouldn't speed up or slow down. Each throw should occur evenly timed from the previous one. Some patterns are easier to juggle uneven, 51 for example, but from a siteswap point of view they should all be even.

  • informative, nice video

  • @tsukiini It's based on the number of balls thrown before a ball is caught from the same hand it was thrown from

  • He did this in class today, best Linear Algebra class ever

  • Ok you could do 3,3,3 in a manner where you throw all the balls before the first one lands but later for example in the 661515 the first 6 does not land after the other throws have been made

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