Stanford Lecture: Don Knuth—"A Conjecture That Had To Be True" (2017)
Stanford Online · 1 HN recommendations
Video Q&A
Ask AI to explain this scene or summarize the whole video. When an answer includes timestamps, select one to jump to that moment.
Try asking: What is the speaker explaining here?
Google sign-in is required. Review the maximum credit cost before confirming.
Donald Knuth's 2017 Christmas Tree Lecture at Stanford about a combinatorial geometry problem whose computed numbers matched a striking formula. He tells the story of the conjecture and its sequel.
Why HN recommends it: HN fans love it for Knuth's humor and for how he makes open math problems feel approachable, and it is often cited for details like dancing links and counting rectangle subdivisions.
“it's always a pleasure for me to see Knuth's talks or read his work” Read on HN ↗