The game of combinatorics
Audience: high-school
Tags: combinatorics
This video is an introductory summary of combinatorics. It addresses the differences between various types of problems, accompanied by accessible visual examples. The main purpose is to instill in the learner the impetus for a deep understanding of the infamous formulas that are often memorized in high school and generate the misleading impression that these are unattainable divine entities separate from oneself: revealed epiphanies from which mathematical work springs. Contrariwise, the inverse approach is proposed here: the formula as a consequence —as necessary as it is beautiful— of every act of reasoning, not as a cause.
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Very interesting, very creative. It can really help one understand the basics of combinatorics, along with practical application. That’s beautiful. Really enjoyed it.
Muy claro el video y las animaciones, el español es perfecto así como el tiempo. Felicitaciones.
Topic presented clearly and with excellent animations. It would be interesting to find some connections to help students with memorization.
Unfortunately, I didn’t understand the voiceovers because they were in Spanish (I think). I suggest the SoME contest system should match entries with reviewers based on their languages. That being said, I certainly got the gist of the video. The animation was very clean and mostly relevant. Nice work!
The speaker talked very rapidly. Why the rush?
I think the video and animations are pretty well done, but it’s not suited for non-spanish speakers.
Motivation (4) - It’s a great video connecting the basic types of combinatorics questions that you’ll find. However, it’s not really clear that that’s the topic of the video until a few minutes in. This could be better achieved through a title that better reflects what the video is about.
Clarity (9) - Perfect
Novelty (7.5) - I’ve actually never seen any content summarizing basics combinatorics like this and as someone who’s learned and taught competitive math, I always felt this was something that was missing in those introductory courses.
Memorability (6.5) - A very standard topic so no one explanation is very memorable, but overall it’s good
I’m sorry, I don’t speak Spanish. And I can’t follow the subtitles. they’re vanishing quickly. I was hoping for some easy access intro to combinatorics but can’t really rate this emtry.