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

National Museum of Mathematics · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Recreational & visual mathProbability & game theoryMagic, puzzles & curiosities

What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “my fondness for this video that uses juggling to good effect to teach math in an entertaining way”

    Uses juggling to teach math in an entertaining way

    DoreenMichele, 2018-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Steve Jobs hired a career juggler to teach programming to developers”

  2. “Intended for a general audience.”

    General-audience lecture on juggling patterns at MoMath

    ColinWright, 2017-09 · Recommendation · in “Claude Shannon and Juggling”

  3. “Colin Wright has a fun video on braids formed by the trajectory of juggled balls.”

    Fun video on braids formed by juggled ball trajectories

    srean, 2026-05 · Recommendation · in “Braids, Hacktastic, and Rock Climbing”

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Topics: juggling, siteswap, combinatorics, colin wright, recreational math

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