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3 - Steven Strogatz: In and out of love with math

The 3b1b podcast

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Do You Know What's in Your Head, Arey?

In the case of aratosthenes, his move it's, if i want to find prime numbers, first i knock out all the things that are multiples of two. And as they all drop down, eventually i'm left with just prime numbers. The proof is so clear when you do it that way, you see where the formula comes from. You see why anyone would discover it. Well, it's thethe mathematical equivalent of you playing with your ribbon for the underground result were yo, yeis figure out what's true.

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