Numberphile and Veritasium Videos on Famous Unsolved Math Problems — E8 Intelligence Research
FINDING: The search results are a list of Numberphile/Veritasium videos on famous unsolved problems (Hadwiger-Nelson, odd perfect numbers, zero division, Josephus problem, Catalan's conjecture) — no single new mathematical discovery is presented; the only non-video result is an unrelated arXiv paper on omnidirectional video quality assessment. | MATH: No new equations, constants, or ratios are derivable from the titles alone. Known constants implied: 0 (zero), 1 (unity), odd perfect number (unknown form), Josephus permutation (modular arithmetic), Catalan's conjecture (x^a - y^b = 1 → only 3^2 - 2^3 = 1). | CONNECTION: None directly stated. However, the Hadwiger-Nelson problem concerns the chromatic number of the plane — a lattice/graph-coloring problem with deep ties to hexagonal (6-fold) and triangular lattice symmetries, which are crystallographic (root system A2). The Josephus problem involves modular arithmetic (base-60 compatible cyclic counting). Odd perfect numbers, if they exi Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com
Authors
- Andrew Stewart Caldin
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23255432
- Primary Topic
- Analytic Number Theory Research
- Type
- preprint