Why it worked
The video uses a common internet meme format of presenting a complex problem with a deceptively simple solution, which resonates with a wide audience. The visual progression of the mathematical steps, combined with the ironic tagline 'Math is easy,' creates an engaging and shareable piece of content.
Summary
The video displays a series of mathematical equations, starting with a basic integral and progressively transforming it through various calculus techniques, including polar coordinates and Jacobians. The final equation simplifies to I = sqrt(pi), humorously implying that complex math is easy.
Structure
- 1Introduction of the integral
- 2Squaring the integral and converting to a double integral
- 3Changing to polar coordinates
- 4Applying the Jacobian transformation
- 5Simplifying the expression
- 6Evaluating the integral to find the result
On-screen text
∫
-∞
e
-x² dx
"Math is easy"
🤓
I = ∫
-∞
e
-x² dx
"Math is easy"
🤓
I² = (∫
-∞
e
-x² dx)²
"Math is easy"
🤓
I² = (∫
-∞
e
-x² dx)(∫
-∞
e
-y² dy)
"Math is easy"
🤓
I² = ∫∫
-∞
-∞
e
-x² e
-y² dx dy
"Math is easy"
🤓
I² = ∫∫
-∞
-∞
e
-(x²+y²) dx dy
"Math is easy"
🤓
∫∫
-∞
-∞
e
-((r cos θ)²+(r sin θ)²) dx dy
"Math is easy"
🤓
∫∫
-∞
-∞
∂
∂r
x(r, θ)
∂
∂θ
x(r, 0)
∂
∂r
y(r, 0)
∂
∂θ
y(r, 0)
e
-((r cos θ)²+(r sin θ)²) d(r, θ)
"Math is easy"
🤓
∫∫
-∞
-∞
∂
∂r
r cos θ
∂
∂θ
r cos θ
∂
∂r
r sin θ
∂
∂θ
r sin θ
e
-((r cos θ)²+(r sin θ)²) d(r, θ)
"Math is easy"
🤓
∫∫
cos θ
sin θ
-r sin θ
r cos θ
e
-((r cos θ)²+(r sin θ)²) d(r, θ)
"Math is easy"
🤓
∫∫
cos θ
-r sin θ
sin θ
r cos θ
e
-r²(cos² θ+sin² θ) d(r, θ)
"Math is easy"
🤓
∫∫
-∞
∞
∫
0
2π
|cos θ
-r sin θ
sin θ
r cos θ|
e
-r² dθ dr
"Math is easy"
🤓
∫
0
∞
∫
0
2π
[r cos² θ - (-r sin² θ)]e
-r² dθ dr
"Math is easy"
🤓
∫
0
∞
∫
0
2π
[r cos² θ + r sin² θ]e
-r² dθ dr
"Math is easy"
🤓
∫
0
∞
∫
0
2π
r(cos² θ + sin² θ)e
-r² dθ dr
"Math is easy"
🤓
∫
0
∞
∫
0
2π
r e
-r² dθ dr
"Math is easy"
🤓
(∫
0
∞
r e
-r² dr)(∫
0
2π
dθ)
"Math is easy"
🤓
(1/2 ∫
-∞
0
e
-u² du)(|θ|
0
2π)
"Math is easy"
🤓
I² = 1/2 ((-1/2 e
-∞² - (-1/2 e
0²)) (2π)
"Math is easy"
🤓
I² = 1/2 (-1/2 (0 - 1)) (2π)
"Math is easy"
🤓
I² = 1/2 (1/2) (2π)
"Math is easy"
🤓
I² = π
"Math is easy"
🤓
I = √π
"Math is easy"
🤓