Summer of Math Exposition

Presented by 3Blue1Brown 3blue1brown

How to load weight plates optimally (in polynomial time)

In the very young sport of streetlifting, athletes are in direct contact with the weight plates, as opposed to the sport of powerlifting or Olympic weightlifting. That's why it is important to select the weight plates and arrange them in a certain manner. My aim is to explore what makes an arrangement of plates good or bad and to create an alternative to the greedy algorithm of powerlifting.


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I think using more visual anitmations rather than text could help with understanding
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There was very little introduction in this video. I had no idea why the problem is important or interesting, and then immediately the video got very technical without defining things carefully. Unfortunately, this left me completely lost pretty much right from the beginning. I still have no idea what basic model is being used and how the problem is being solved.