One to One Million - Numberphile
Puzzles, classroom stories and the great Carl Gauss - oh, and adding every digit in the numbers between one and one million! More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Featuring...
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DR. JAMES GRIME: Yeah, I'm going to tell you a story, butwhat I thought I'd start with is a little puzzle.And then while people are thinking about the puzzle,I'll tell you a little story, one of the big legends ofmathematics.And then we'll see what the answer to the puzzle was.The puzzle is fairly easy to state.I just want you to add up the digits from 1 to 1 million.Now I want you to add up all the digits--if you imagine you've wrote out thenumbers 1 to 1 million.I want you to add up all the digits, not the numbers.So if I want to say 123 plus 124, that's notwhat I want to do.I want to add up all the digits of those numbers, 1plus 2 plus 3 plus 1 plus 2 plus 4.Imagine writing a list of all the numbers from 1 to 1million w...
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DR. JAMES GRIME: Yeah, I'm going to tell you a story, butwhat I thought I'd start with is a little puzzle.And then while people are thinking about the puzzle,I'll tell you a little story, one of the big legends ofmathematics.And then we'll see what the answer to the puzzle was.The puzzle is fairly easy to state.I just want you to add up the digits from 1 to 1 million.Now I want you to add up all the digits--if you imagine you've wrote out thenumbers 1 to 1 million.I want you to add up all the digits, not the numbers.So if I want to say 123 plus 124, that's notwhat I want to do.I want to add up all the digits of those numbers, 1plus 2 plus 3 plus 1 plus 2 plus 4.Imagine writing a list of all the numbers from 1 to 1million w...
