Visual Proof of Summing Cubes Without Words #phonk #phonkmath
A short, animated, wordless demonstration showing how the sum of the first n positive cubes can be visualized by rearranging cubes into a flat square.

Mathematical Visual Proofs
119.5K views âą Apr 16, 2024

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This is a short, animated (wordless) visual proof demonstrating the sum of the first n positive cubes by rearranging cubes into a flat square.
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Here is a longer version of this proof : https://youtu.be/YQLicI8R4Gs
Here are three other visual proofs of sum of cubes formulas:
https://youtu.be/Ye9OPNqV9FA
https://youtu.be/NxOcT_VKQR0
https://youtu.be/d1yM6Rq7Tfw
This animation is based on independently discovered, separate visual proofs by J. Barry Love from the March 1977 issue of Mathematics Magazine (https://www.jstor.org/stable/2689727), page 74, and Alan L. Fry from the January 1985 issue of Mathematics Magazine (https://www.jstor.org/stable/2690228) , page 11.
This is my version of a classic visual proof. Here are other renditions:
https://youtu.be/glearwgR1Ls by @ThinkTwiceLtu
https://youtu.be/YG_gS5vZoyQ by @Mathocube
https://youtu.be/WY5X_3q80WY by @Mathologer
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To learn more about animating with manim, check out:
https://manim.community
If you like this video, consider subscribing to the channel or consider buying me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/VisualProofs. Thanks!
Here is a longer version of this proof : https://youtu.be/YQLicI8R4Gs
Here are three other visual proofs of sum of cubes formulas:
https://youtu.be/Ye9OPNqV9FA
https://youtu.be/NxOcT_VKQR0
https://youtu.be/d1yM6Rq7Tfw
This animation is based on independently discovered, separate visual proofs by J. Barry Love from the March 1977 issue of Mathematics Magazine (https://www.jstor.org/stable/2689727), page 74, and Alan L. Fry from the January 1985 issue of Mathematics Magazine (https://www.jstor.org/stable/2690228) , page 11.
This is my version of a classic visual proof. Here are other renditions:
https://youtu.be/glearwgR1Ls by @ThinkTwiceLtu
https://youtu.be/YG_gS5vZoyQ by @Mathocube
https://youtu.be/WY5X_3q80WY by @Mathologer
#mathshortsâ #mathvideoâ #mathâ #calculus #mtbosâ #manimâ #animationâ #theoremâ #pwwâ #proofwithoutwordsâ #visualproofâ #proofâ #iteachmath #finitesums #discretemath #calculus #sum #induction
To learn more about animating with manim, check out:
https://manim.community
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