Math Encounters -- Five Balls, Two Hands: The Patterns of Juggling -- Colin Wright (Presentation)

National Museum of Mathematics · 33.1K views · 2012-01-25 · 1:11:48

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Mathematician Colin Wright demonstrates juggling and explains the mathematics of juggling patterns, including notation that led to new throwing patterns. It is a public presentation at the Museum of Mathematics aimed at a general audience.

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HN recommends it as an entertaining way to learn math through juggling.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2017–2026

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Recreational & visual math Probability & game theory Magic, puzzles & curiosities

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DoreenMichele · 2018-12 · Strong recommendation
I only looked because of my fondness for this video that uses juggling to good effect to teach math in an entertaining way: [VIDEO]
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srean · 2026-05 · Recommendation
Colin Wright has a fun video on braids formed by the trajectory of juggled balls. Can't seem to find it. Hope he sees this and posts. Found it [VIDEO] On a different note do anyone of you know of a way to browse, College Mathematics, American Mathematical Monthly, Mathematics Gazette, Mathematical Intelligencer ... back issues by volume ? Without an institutional login that is. Scimag was one way. Seems to have disappeared since the Ukraine war.
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ColinWright · 2017-09 · Recommendation
Among the other resources is the lecture I gave at the series of lectures sponsored by MoMath: [VIDEO] Intended for a general audience.
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