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If you, or someone you know, would like a paid internship in New York, London or Hong Kong: check out Jane Street. https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/internships Nathaniel Johnston's post on The Binary “Look-and-Say” Sequence: http://www.njohnston.ca/2010/11/the-binary-look-and-say-sequence/ Huge thanks to my mate Jonny Berliner for recording Eigen See Clearly Now because I thought it would be funny. Check out his website and channel for more science music fun. https://www.jonnyberliner.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmlQXk6q0peqvKO9YhvP3vA More on the general Look and Say Sequence: https://mathworld.wolfram.com/LookandSaySequence.html I told you 3blue1brown had a good visual explanation for eigen-stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFDu9oVAE-g Thanks to Ben Sparks for helping out with the graphics as well. https://www.youtube.com/c/SparksMaths Cheers to my Patreons for helping enable these videos. That whiteboard wasn't free you know! Keep me in whiteboard pens here: https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths CORRECTIONS At 11:17 I accidentally have Nathaniel Johnston's name as "Daniel Johnston". No idea how that happened. But I'm very sorry. - Let me know if you spot any other mistakes! Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash Eigen See Clearly Now music by Jonny Berliner channeling Jimmy Cliff Eigen See Clearly Now lyrics by Matt Parker and Johnny Nash Non-Eigen music by Howard Carter Maths graphics by Ben Sparks Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson

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