explainer · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Sloane's Gap - Numberphile
Numberphile · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2013–2019).
SignalTube analysis
Among 105 other explainer videos tagged Recreational & visual math, the mean is 3.9 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 3.6 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
67% of its 3 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2013–2019; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. A verified runtime is not present in the current metadata snapshot. A verified YouTube publication date is not present in the current metadata snapshot.
- Channel / speaker
- Numberphile
- Verified runtime
- Not verified in the current YouTube metadata
- YouTube upload date
- Not verified
- Hacker News mention years
- 2013–2019
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other explainer videos in Recreational & visual math. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sloane's Gap - NumberphileCurrent video | 2 | 2 | 67% | — | Not verified in the current YouTube metadata | Not verified |
| But what is the Fourier Transform? A visual introduction.explainer · 3Blue1Brown | 16 | 15 | 80% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| But what is a neural network? | Deep learning chapter 1explainer · 3Blue1Brown | 16 | 14 | 84% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| The Beauty of Bézier Curvesexplainer · Freya Holmér | 16 | 13 | 85% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences”. Its short rationale: Explains the gap between clusters of integer importance.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “2017 is not just another prime number”. Its short rationale: Plot revealing underrepresented numbers in the OEIS.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Sloane's Gap.”. Its short rationale: Concise explanation of Sloane's Gap.