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The Strange Math That Predicts (Almost) Anything

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Probability & game theoryRecreational & visual math

What it is

A Veritasium video on how a feud between Russian mathematicians led to Markov chains and the modern prediction algorithms built on them. It covers the history and the math behind them.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as an excellent, detailed history of Markov chains, often in threads on Markov models and language models.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “this excellent Veritasium video about Markov and his chains”

    Veritasium on Markov and his chains

    satvikpendem, 2025-07 · Recommendation · in “Problem solving using Markov chains (2007) [pdf]”

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Topics: markov chains, probability, history of mathematics, prediction, veritasium

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