Solution to the block collision puzzle from last video.
The third and final part of the block collision sequence.
This rule seems random to many students, but it has a beautiful reason for being true.
How do you study what cannot be solved?
The heat equation, as an introductory PDE.
And to continue my unabashed Strogatz fanboyism, I should also mention that his textbook on nonlinear dynamics and chaos was also a meaningful motivator to do this series, as you'll hopefully see with the topics we build to.
(Sine waves / boundary condition) + linearity + Fourier = Solution
Fourier series, from the heat equation to sines to cycles.
Because why not?
Euler's formula intuition from relating velocities to positions.
The famous (infamous?) Problem 2 on the 2011 IMO
A story of the value in mathematical play.