CHANNEL ARCHIVE · 43 VIDEOS

Videos from 3Blue1Brown

This channel appears on 43 videos in the SignalTube snapshot. The list is sorted by distinct Hacker News recommenders, with catalog score used as a tie-breaker. These counts describe Hacker News discussion activity, not YouTube views. Open a detail page to see topic tags, a short original guide, and links to the source comments.

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   Vectors | Chapter 1, Essence of linear algebra

   17 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this course about Pure mathematics; the recorded mentions span 2018–2026.

   17 recommenders
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   But what is the Fourier Transform? A visual introduction.

   16 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Information theory & signal processing; the recorded mentions span 2018–2025.

   16 recommenders
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   But what is a neural network? | Deep learning chapter 1

   16 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Machine learning & deep learning; the recorded mentions span 2017–2025.

   16 recommenders
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   But how does bitcoin actually work?

   15 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Cryptography; the recorded mentions span 2017–2024.

   15 recommenders
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   Transformers, the tech behind LLMs | Deep Learning Chapter 5

   13 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about LLMs & generative AI; the recorded mentions span 2024–2026.

   13 recommenders
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   Essence of linear algebra preview

   11 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this course about Pure mathematics; the recorded mentions span 2016–2018.

   11 recommenders
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   The essence of calculus

   10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this course about Pure mathematics; the recorded mentions span 2017–2025.

   10 recommenders
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   Exponential growth and epidemics

   10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Recreational & visual math; the recorded mentions span 2020–2020.

   10 recommenders
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   The hardest problem on the hardest test

   8 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Recreational & visual math; the recorded mentions span 2017–2025.

   8 recommenders
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    Simulating an epidemic

    8 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Medicine & infectious disease; the recorded mentions span 2020–2023.

    8 recommenders
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    Fractals are typically not self-similar

    7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Recreational & visual math; the recorded mentions span 2017–2024.

    7 recommenders
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    The more general uncertainty principle, regarding Fourier transforms

    7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Information theory & signal processing; the recorded mentions span 2019–2025.

    7 recommenders
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    Why do prime numbers make these spirals? | Dirichlet’s theorem and pi approximations

    7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Recreational & visual math; the recorded mentions span 2019–2024.

    7 recommenders
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    The determinant | Chapter 6, Essence of linear algebra

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Pure mathematics; the recorded mentions span 2019–2024.

    6 recommenders
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    Thinking outside the 10-dimensional box

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Recreational & visual math; the recorded mentions span 2017–2025.

    6 recommenders
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    Eigenvectors and eigenvalues | Chapter 14, Essence of linear algebra

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Pure mathematics; the recorded mentions span 2016–2025.

    6 recommenders
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    Visualizing the 4d numbers Quaternions

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Recreational & visual math; the recorded mentions span 2018–2023.

    6 recommenders
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    What does it feel like to invent math?

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Recreational & visual math; the recorded mentions span 2016–2024.

    6 recommenders
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    But what is the Riemann zeta function? Visualizing analytic continuation

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Pure mathematics; the recorded mentions span 2017–2023.

    6 recommenders
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    But why would light "slow down"? | Visualizing Feynman's lecture on the refractive index

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Fundamental physics; the recorded mentions span 2023–2026.

    5 recommenders
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    Attention in transformers, step-by-step | Deep Learning Chapter 6

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about LLMs & generative AI; the recorded mentions span 2024–2026.

    5 recommenders
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    Triangle of Power

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Recreational & visual math; the recorded mentions span 2016–2023.

    5 recommenders
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    Who cares about topology? (Old version)

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Pure mathematics; the recorded mentions span 2017–2020.

    4 recommenders
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    But what is a Fourier series? From heat flow to drawing with circles | DE4

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Recreational & visual math; the recorded mentions span 2020–2025.

    4 recommenders
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    Hilbert's Curve: Is infinite math useful?

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Recreational & visual math; the recorded mentions span 2017–2024.

    4 recommenders
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    But what are Hamming codes? The origin of error correction

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Information theory & signal processing; the recorded mentions span 2020–2023.

    4 recommenders
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    The medical test paradox, and redesigning Bayes' rule

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Probability & game theory; the recorded mentions span 2020–2025.

    4 recommenders
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    e^(iπ) in 3.14 minutes, using dynamics | DE5

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Recreational & visual math; the recorded mentions span 2020–2021.

    4 recommenders
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    Backpropagation, intuitively | Deep Learning Chapter 3

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Machine learning & deep learning; the recorded mentions span 2017–2024.

    4 recommenders
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    Gradient descent, how neural networks learn | Deep Learning Chapter 2

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Machine learning & deep learning; the recorded mentions span 2017–2024.

    4 recommenders
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    Pi hiding in prime regularities

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Recreational & visual math; the recorded mentions span 2017–2019.

    3 recommenders
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    How are holograms possible?

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Fundamental physics; the recorded mentions span 2024–2025.

    3 recommenders
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    Euler's formula with introductory group theory

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Recreational & visual math; the recorded mentions span 2017–2024.

    3 recommenders
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    How I animate 3Blue1Brown | A Manim demo with Ben Sparks

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this demo about Recreational & visual math; the recorded mentions span 2024–2026.

    3 recommenders
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    Backpropagation calculus | Deep Learning Chapter 4

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Machine learning & deep learning; the recorded mentions span 2017–2024.

    3 recommenders
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    How secure is 256 bit security?

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Cryptography; the recorded mentions span 2020–2023.

    2 recommenders
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    Terence Tao on the cosmic distance ladder

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Cosmology & astrophysics; the recorded mentions span 2025–2026.

    2 recommenders
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    Bayes theorem, the geometry of changing beliefs

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Probability & game theory; the recorded mentions span 2022–2024.

    2 recommenders
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    Solving Wordle using information theory

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Information theory & signal processing; the recorded mentions span 2022–2024.

    2 recommenders
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    Some light quantum mechanics (with minutephysics)

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Quantum physics; the recorded mentions span 2020–2022.

    2 recommenders
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    What is Euler's formula actually saying? | Ep. 4 Lockdown live math

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this lecture about Recreational & visual math; the recorded mentions span 2020–2023.

    1 recommenders
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    Group theory, abstraction, and the 196,883-dimensional monster

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Pure mathematics; the recorded mentions span 2021–2023.

    1 recommenders
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    But how do AI images and videos actually work? | Guest video by Welch Labs

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about LLMs & generative AI; the recorded mentions span 2025–2026.

    1 recommenders