Jim Parsons Can't Remember Complex Math Equations 

Maybe cause it's a little long

Because it’s something that the general uneducated public do not know

@@JJFHNREHJEDK but that doesn't mean it is advanced, its one of the basic things in maths

I think cause in America higher maths equations are just called advanced maths compared to England

Exactly

Blacksheep X I think he means it doesn’t matter because the equations used on the show are the hardest physics questions ever created and algebra is something 16 year olds do

the hardest physics equation? i don't think so

Don't forget engineers

in portugal we learn this in 8th grade. wtf-

@@rason9981 because this is a 8th grade question. I don't know why they referred it to as "complex" 😂

That too dictated to them

@@samar5838 is amir Siddiqui your brother

@@rajveersanghavi5316 Lol what?

@@rajveersanghavi5316 That's such a non specific question.. He's my uncle lol

@@rajveersanghavi5316 Ooo...shitt just saw carry's vdo...now I understand you point lmao

Dayum true!

Laughs in *not American*

*Laughs in everything else than american

@@zykel621 what a fucking good mood

Laughs in anyone above 9th grade

*"WAS"*

@@patriiiiiii *_-it doesn't matter what your name is-_*

Oregano Riccottini she was really good at algebra if your an actor and haven’t done math in years you’ll probably forget it

@mikael englund no, not really

Oregano Riccottini I don’t know it either. I use a different one.

That's one of the most basic there is ;-)

EXACTLY

ikr HAHAHA

I thought it'll be like that but turns out it's not 😶

Yeah, you know it because you ARE in school or finished it not so long ago, its been two or three decades since he did..i myself dont know if ill remember that equation in 20-30 years and im taking high math classes in uni

Actually true

Ik, I got into stem fields because I was inspired by the Big Bang theory. Now my soul is crushed

Lol

As Past Sheldon would say, being in a relationship is negatively affecting his genius Jim is awesome for real tho...

@@HarryJohnson69 he is an actor and you are an idiot smh

lol 😂 true

Ikr

Arabs: that's child play :3 Delta = (square of b) - 4ac if delta is positive that equation is how to find x there will be two version of x

😂

gaming account yeah they said it stop trying to act like you know

Samreen Hoda plus it would make absolutely no sense to do the square root of b to the square

Char 31le it’s b square minus 4ac and then square root.

@@char31le64 do you know the formula? What are you even saying.

@@ion9084 hahaha I just discovered I had made a comment under this vid, completely forgot about it ^^. Yeah, that’s why I’m saying this, Jim Parsons’ way of writing the formula was wrong because the way he wrote it doesn’t make sense (firstly it isn’t the right formula, as you said and as you can see on James’ correct one, and secondly even if there were a formula like Jim’s it wouldn’t make sense because multiplying B by B and then dividing the result you just obtained, by B gives you B so it’s pointless to write it). Have a good day ☺️

almost anyone that has gone through middle school: square root

@mikael englund Cannot be, polynomials of degree 2 over a field K are not nescessarily units of the ring of functions from K to K.

mikael englund big brain

I thought they'd notice that the square root and square would cancel, leaving only |b| because that would be rather fundamental?

Cynthia n/a hahhauashauhahau makes sense, but his personality is so awesome

who cannot write the quadratic formula.

LOVE4everSher IKR

That's only because you're so used to him being Sheldon.

Pranit Jain 😂😂

Pranit Jain This always happens lol, I read this as he said it

windex, I don't think your strength is english then

We do this in 8th grade in Romania. I really don't understand why it seems so hard to some people.

Becky Perez I'm from England, and I also learnt the quadratic formula at that age. I thought that was normal :/

Because most people don't remember things they no longer use years after they learned them. That's why people who graduated high school still write as if they didn't study grammar for 10 years. These people in the video are actors and probably have not thought of quadratic equations since high school. And not for nothing, but Jim's answer was actually far more wrong than America's. And that's totally fine. He's a terrific actor who has no need to do quadratic equations in his life.

comeon even without a math major this video makes me cringe

Yes!!! The way he said it was just like Sheldon!!!

So true

*BUT IT DOES MATTER*

I wanted to like this comment but I didn’t want to disturb the 666

Njerep Is A Language, Too.. So What...?

Math though, is the language of the Universe.

Bon dillan

In the universe where everyone isn't a mathematician.

bro its high school stuff

Neither am I, sir, but the Quadratic formula is elementary algebra. To call it complex is a major understatement, it's like saying Hitler was a little rude.

Ankush Mudgal Sudipta Adhikary It's one of the most commonly known equations that everyone will have at least heard of. Some people don't go to college, and some only take one or two math classes in college. Get off your damn high horse, this is a late night show for people in Middle America, not mathematicians.

labramso thank you!!!

asian spotted

eliot111222 WRONG Should've been "found the smart Asian" lmao

eliot111222 no one is black, some people are dark brown

Agnes Lee I did

Me

Arman Omi junior high school Algebra.

middle school

Arman Omi I've known this formula since I was like 11. I can't believe they don't know it it's basic maths

Yeah and their high school years ended a long ass time ago, what's your point? Lol

I pretty much forgot every last bit of math i learned back in high school, so i can really relate to them.

Mega Gaming well you must have an incredibly sad life

Yeah nah it's called maths, it's useful

No, those who do not learn math have an impoverished life. You have no right to criticize the pleasures of knowing high level math because you've never done it before. Meanwhile many mathematicians partied, did drugs, drank in their youth, and still go on vacation, etc. By comparison, most who know math would agree that only sex and food top mathematical pleasure (and considering most mathematicians are married with children at a higher rate than normal, please none of this "virgin nerds" childishness I've been seeing around these comments). Just because you don't appreciate it don't look down on the people that do. Because we all think you live an incredibly sad life.

Pookz everybody knows math they just fucking hate it, like me.

Most people do just basic maths, not a lot go on to do A level or degrees. It's pretty naive and petty to hate Maths, it can help you do a lot of good things like quickly being able to work out how much is the best amount of fuel to put into your car for the distance you want to go, or for forensic scientists that need to know how to calculate the velocity of bullets or thrown weapons for criminal cases or even medical scientists that work on cures for diseases and treatment for some conditions. These people have to know Maths to better our lives. Then there are those less fortunate 3rd world children who would literally give their live to go to school and learn other languages or maths or music. Honestly in my opinion if you absolutely outright *hate* Maths you are a petulant, spoilt douchebag.

This is wrong though

@@TheAnimeCircle its quanshaq science mathematics(quantum mechanics ripoff) it goes like krrraaaaaa!

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Quick Mas

@@Samer-lx5sz r/wooosh

I KNOW RIGHT

I mean what did you expect do you think there really is a person like Sheldon Cooper who knows everything about everything

@@grimreaper2680 pretty sure there isn't , but their might be in future..

Then it's not Sheldon.

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No. You couldn't tell from the way he read it what should go under square root sign.

Peter Lund Um yes you can when he says "square root of b square minus 4ac", the only interpretation should be sqrt(b^2 -4ac) because the other interpretation is just stupid. It can't be sqrt (b^2) - 4ac because...why would one say sqrt (b^2) , when he can say " b".

@@pranavps851 well in the words of Sheldon Lee Cooper sqrt. Of b^2 is not simply b it would be |b| aka mod(b). Although it wouldn't matter in this case since there is already a plus minus sign in front

Karan Garg Yup

I see what you did there

Grant Edwards I'm glad somebody noticed

Dhillon Alamshaw Now what is difficult in using imaginary number? i don't think it is difficult.

kshitiz rimal It's just like learning anything else in mathematics man, you just have to familiarize yourself with a new coordinate system and/or axiom set and then it's just as easy as dealing in the real numbers.

I tried making a joke but oh god triggered math nerds here. And yeah it is easy

most people can't, you'd be surprised.

did you even watch the video? apparently they can't write down a formula !

u know, there should actually be a space before those periods. just sayin'.

+fresheff How about starting each sentences with a capital letter?

how about using "each" correctly?

He did I read it wrong though Supposed to say whole root

Agreed. I program and the number of times I've had to use quadratic equations I can count on one hand. Plus today there's so much knowledge out there most people don't have the memory capacity to remember it all, rather instead remember where you can find the information then remember the information itself.

Scottx125 Productions If you study the right way, you‘ll have no problem memorizing the formulas. I see people doing photographs of chalkboards, and then crying that they can‘t memorize it. Write it down, repeat it, this is active recall, you don‘t even know what your mind is capable of.

YesIAmAbby am at 7th and we learned that last year lmao .. when he starts i was like hold on i know that and even i dont speak english as my nature language i wrote it corectly

What are u talking about ?james literally dictated the formula!!!

And to think they got even that wrong. Unless it was intentional to make people laugh.

@@theelysianone6033 oof

Why should they know it? They've been out of school for ages.

@@theo5860 if you aren t mentally challenged, you don t froget stuff like that

exactly, I was so confused when they were reading it out. I was like how do people get this wrong when they already told them the answer, then I saw their answers

Well when roots are complex roots, its a complex maths after all

sammeee omg I wanna forget it I couldn't stand maths

debendra gurung take a course on complex analysis

@@debendragurung3033 all roots are always complex because R is a subset of C

Ikr? Don’t they teach quadratic formula back in middle school?

Well Sheldon won't get anything Chandler says. Ross would be engaging.

Aww coz both are my favrt character

@Matthew Wakefield how about a argument between pheobe & Sheldon 😁

@@beenishchandio2360 oh god that would cause a war

@@aditisk99 that’s what would make it funny🤣 but seeing Sheldon and Ross interacting would be hilarious as well

Being an Indian, I can tell you that I have no idea of what a quadratic equation is :) Not every Indian needs to memorize/remember math equations from school/college.

What Standard are you in right now? lol

@@aldrago9768 Very funny... I am a professional. And btw, you folks do realize that mathematical topics such as Calculus, Trigonometry and other such topics have 0% application in 8 out of 10 fields in the real world right? Do you use Algebra to do calculate your taxes? Do you use statistics in your daily life? It is easy for a keyboard warrior to mock others, welcome to the real world where 90% of what you learned in school matter very little.

This was formula was derived by an ancient Indian mathematician SHREEDHAR ACAHARYA'S FORMULA

@@aswinastro but bro, quadratic formula is a basic thing, one should know it According to your logic, i should not know the name of Prime Minister as it hardly matter in 9/10 professional fields, and if i don't people like you will make fun of me. So, plz don't put excuses dumbo! Basic maths is required for everything almost!

Well, it's actually the first place where it makes sense to introduce complex numbers. (If you allow square roots of negative numbers you *always* have solutions.)

Xe M yea but both of them are like 40 so...

All americans actually learn it in like 7th-8th grade.

Xe M taught in 7th grade, but actors who havent seen it since the middle school is bound to forget:P

If you don't utilize something frequently, you're likely to forget it. That simple.

Xe M they do, but since the Bush Administration and the "no child left behind" act, students since about 2007 pass classes even though they fail them so they don't bother learning anything anymore. And people wonder why we are ranked like 37th in the world for education and are dumbfounded how someone like trump gets elected.... because this country of full of borderline retarded people that can't do simple math.

I have a question how old are you and in what grade are you in because I’m in secondary two and I still haven’t learned the quadratic formula.

@@katherinehetu5717 you'll start learning it in 8th grade (if ur in AP classes) it's basically just placing the designated numbers to A, B, C (it's not hard if you have a graphing caalculator or if it's easy enough you can do it by hand)

Infires man__ You got no jams that’s the thing I’m in 8th grade, secondary 2 is 8th grade and I even made a mistake I’m actually in secondary 3 which is in 9th grade and I still didn’t learn or maybe were I live it’s not called the quadratic formula. I never heard of the formula, I just hope I will learn it soon.

@@katherinehetu5717 Possibly it depends on where you live.

Katherine Hetu what are you learning in 9th grade then? o.o

Facts

Yeah but this is atleast baby math

The quadratic formula derivation isn’t very trivial, completing the square is a more complicated technique than most algebraic transforms

yeah if they can't even write out the equation when its literally read out to them, I don't think they would be doing any derivations soon

That's determinants equation ... Ryt?

well you go play in a movie then ;)

I once new this stuff. Back in school I really enjoyed maths but now, 8 years after I finished school I don't remember any formulas by heart. If you don't need and use your knowlege you forget. That's totally normal.

and yet all the 3 people your watching earn so much more than you do :)

Wow, no need to be a douche. Well done, you're good at maths, and you study maths. These two don't. I don't, I suck at maths, but I'm good at writing. Am I supposed to be disappointed in you because you don't have a talent in writing or whatever? People are good at different things, you shouldn't be disappointed in others because they don't know the things you do, especially when both clearly explained they either don't know maths very well or have a basic to slightly higher than average level of knowledge. You ALSO shouldn't be saying things like that, when you have quite CLEARLY a higher level of ability in the subject than most people on the planet. People should know the basics and that's it. Add, subtract, divide, multiply, length, weight, volume, distance, percentages and whatever other basic things you need to get through life. Anything that doesn't come into daily life nor would you reasonably use at work, is EXTRA. That's for people with a good level of knowledge. Most people can go over the basics and learn formulas and algebra a bit, but it's not anything someone SHOULD be deemed to know. It shows how arrogant you are that you, who is at a higher level than most people, is looking down on people because they're not at the same level as you.

a math what

@@cheshirecat111 b^2 would not simplify to b . You can't separate addition under a square root into separate square roots.

@@shawnsmith3741 but Sheldon forgot to put the rest under the radical such that the only part being rooted was b², and √(b²) would then become |b|, and ±|b| would become simply ±b.

And Jim isn't 12 . Why should he probably know that.

@@Huuuuuuuuuuuu107 because, before now, he too was 12.

I know right

PotterheadGeeK7 lol it is like that in America, we have state tests and the SATs, I guess it's just been too long since they've touched a textbook 😂

PotterheadGeeK7 I(an American)learned this in 6th grade Pre algebra. You shouldn't be quick to judge the entire country by the stupid actors on a late night talk show who haven't encountered this stuff in probably 10 years

PotterheadGeeK7 ikr that was the easiest thing to do

Yeah but when you're an adult, there's no reason for you to remember it

PotterheadGeeK7 me..?

I never learned that in Germany, because at our school you either learned the midnight formula or the p/q-formula and I learned the second one🤷🏻‍♂️

JanpfG 282 it’s the same formula if you substitute p = b/a and q = c/a

The Billa because it's shit and taught in a fucking horrible way mostly

alex jackson Math is literally just logic. Saying mathematics is shit is saying logic is shit. Im not implying that I'm good at it or anything. I just wish people would realize math is an integral part of nearly every field out there, either directly or indirectly.

The Billa I most certainly am not proud of being bad at it, I just acknowledge that it's NEVER been one of my strengths. Like ever😩 by the grace of god and doing my best I made it through school. A smooth C, hated the grade but I just don't get math.

I'm not proud of it, I just always sucked at it: a fact.

well, I'm definitely not proud of being bad at math, but it's just hard for me to understand.. and YES I know it's logic, and believe me- if my math teachers were ACTUALLY EXPLAINING THE LOGIC behind everything I would understand- I am just not the type to swallow everything I get told, I really need to know WHY I do what I do.. and anyway unfortunately, they aren't and I don't.. I honestly think math is cool, but I struggle with it and it makes it hard for me to enjoy it.

War auch so mein Gedanke xD

Ranma Koch Hah ja wer kennt sie nicht

Ist das was Deutsches? In Österreich hab ich noch nie von der gehört

Okay honey

honey

I can honey? God, you're just as dumb as them, aren't you.

complex as in i*sinx+cosx?

@Brett Stafford 😂😂 nice one. You could also shorten it to just cis(x)

12th grade? in Russia we have it in 5th grade (at 12 y.o.)

12th grade?? We started learning quadratics in 6th grade. Which is 11-12 y.o. in America.

Lauren Guilmeyer we learned quadratics in 7th grade but it was easy, this shit is way harder now.

Wtf...12th grade?!!! Where do you live lol? That's really late in any place I know of.

Ishaan Sabnis you're obviously illiterate, because if you could read then you'd read my previous reply which was right in front of you (before you'd even comment). That's my reply to you. I won't repeat it to you again.

Paul Paris to be fair they're actors long out of school. If you're still in school using this equation regularly I would expect you to write it from memory or at minimum write it correctly with a bit of prompting. Both people on the couch, however, have been out of school for a decade or more give them some grace.

What equation is that for?

@@owk9018 Finding the roots of a quadratic equation.

You living in a sad family mate

no its not that hard

hehehe gosh

kshitiz rimal not hard no

They haven't seen calculus yet😂

quadratic formula is one of the easiest math concepts ever

Khan Singh Sheldon Cooper does know maths

clearly it doesn't because she got it wrong anyway lol

Hah me too

he's actually following dress code etiquette... pink tie, .. so pink socks.. he's on point :|

Stront she's not American

Stront sure do, you can name your kids just about anything. Check out Cuba, some people are named Usnavy (like US Navy but starts pronounced more like moose without an m) no joke. Then of course you have the people named after places; Brooklyn, Tennessee, Georgia, etc. It's not completely weird. Heck look at all the people named after Jesus and Mohammed.

Stront mmmm America comes from Américo Vespucio (who realized the continent wasnt India)... Did you had any history class? LOL

America is the name of the continent(country) the parents live in... Why the fuck would a sane person name their kid after their country/continent... LOL imagine kids being called europe, germany, netherlands lmao...

Mario A. Jerez Caro does that have anything to do with someone naming their child after a country? Just because I choose to name my child after Tennessee Williams doesn't discount that others name their kids after the state of Tennessee. Being demeaning doesn't make you smarter so please drop it.

don't ask y

meme s Squared

Shut up and find my X.

well you're commenting this because of algebric configurations you watch youtube which uses algebra in their programming.

Swanand Kulkarni she's gone man😂

1:25

exactly thats the most basic shit

Pratik Sharma and still we have companies like intex,micromax and patanjali.

Pratik Sharma And most the top companies are run by Indians 😉😊😊😂😂

Pratik Sharma well said man!! it's like we have a default algebra(formula ) switch. we listen the first letter we complete the whole shit formula.

Pratik Sharma well you get whipped if you don't memorize it so I wouldn't be surprised..

Aimal Niazi so your formulas cries when you solve them?

He didn't have to do anything with mathematics for 20 years... Give him a break...

actually is hard to take a candy from a baby cause he will tell his parents and then you are fucked

Wait till you do A level, e.g the discriminant

Lol, wait till you finish your GCSE,s you will forget am everything lol DeadByDonut#26770

matthew evans yes, thats the actress that played her 😅

OneToughCookie TheRU-vidHero forget multi variable Calc I’d love to see them try to differentiate something

OneToughCookie TheRU-vidHero id love to see you guys make millions of dollars as an actor

Why are you judging a fish by its tree climbing ability?

@@chfeufcheuh8051 but you are not a fish

@@rishabhdixit1372 They have seen more success than any of us. They pay a larger amount of taxes than us. They're contributing to the society in a better way than us. It doesn't matter if they know these formulas or not.

NEET trying to sound smart.

Yeah, I was disappointed by the content as well...

If it was by its self

I would guess thats why Jim seemed so confused

@DV You do realise that they probably haven't seen the quadratic formula since the 7/8th grade, right? And since their jobs have nothing related to math, theh have no reason to remember it. This video just make every 13 year old be happy by thinking that they know more than a celebrity

its the square root of b^2 - 4ac

If it was negative and you didn’t want a complex number as an answer :p

what you stated is also basic mathematics

English please

Amen akila

Would've been cool if it had been rotary volume with integrals.

FireDramine7 It would’ve been funny to see the look on Parson’s face.

This? Are you sure it's not the terrible jokes, terrible screenplay, terrible laughtrack, terrible actors and the whole show just being an embarrassment?

Jan Matyáš you seem to know a lot have you watched it?

If I hadn't watched it, then I couldn't really objectively judge it.

Jan Matyáš they film before a live audience. It's not a laugh track.

texting puppy might as well be. Watch a taping. The "real" fans are pretty much chimpanzees ready to make as much noise as they possibly can. They fake it. They exaggerate it.

And omg

@@theoryproductionss HAHAHAHA

What's wrong with u lol. U literally wrote a comment about some imaths that you learnt in India. And then replied it twice to give clout. Surely u have better things to do bro lmao.

@@lewisevans4556 imath?

U poor guy.

No, he should write the integral definition of the residue at infinity, compare it to a similar limit to show equality when the limit exists, use it to show that entire functions finite at infinity are constant, and prove by contradiction the fundamental theorem of algebra.

@@xinpingdonohoe3978 oh, sarcasm eh?

I never learned one

Allison Tamayo you just brought it back to my mind haha😂😂

The circle song is the best This is a circle it knows how to get around it has a radius from centre to rim the diameters a line that goes from side to side while passing through the centre now isn't that simple? Πr^2 sounds like area to me if I need a circumference I just use Πd

What's this song everybody keeps bringing up?

I sang it in the tune of mary had a little lamb, even till now in university

Ikr even in the big beng theory....

Some people also are almost proud of being this bad at it. It's really weird.

@x coder Way less weird than being proud about being bad at something. Pride naturally is associated with being good in something or having put in a lot of effort in it. Don't know what you're trying to say here.

Or they dont care because they have literally no use for it. That's like me saying I know extensive amounts about the history of ancient Egyptians, and by the way I sing for a living. It's like, cool you know it, but it doesnt serve to help you with what you do. I personally never understood why people get so edgy over it "oh my god he doesn't know this basic thing that he never uses"

@@ArgusWonTr1ck that's not really what I take offense to. There are two problems here. First, speaking for almost every scientist I have ever met (including myself) we all hate the character pf Sheldon Cooper because he is a reminder of the stereotype that being smart means you are a nerd or mildly autistic or boring etc. It's therefore somewhat insulting watching the actor get on stage and flaut how little he understands of the character he exploits for millions of dollars. Second, I think you're drawing a bit of a false equivalence here about this being something he never memorised since he never used it. For example, I wouldn't be able to tell you much about ancient Roman history. But I know how to spell Rome. That's more equivalent to what was in this video. He literally was told "write the following symbols" and was unable to do so. Accepting that level of illiteracy is sad. Laughing about it and flaunting it, like you're proud of your stupidity, is even worse.

@@ashes2ashes3333 So basically, what I gather is that your taking offense to an actor playing a fictional character, and in the process doing what he was TOLD to do and perform as instructed, yet he just didn't happen to be as inclined to pursue the sciences. Not to mention, never has it been explicitly stated that someone needs to be nerdy or mildly autistic to be smart on the show, literally ever. That just happens to be his character, its not exploiting anything to do his job, honestly for someone who claims to be a scientist this statement is so...immature that I find it extremely hard to beleive you to be anything of that sort of profession. And honestly trying my best to disregard how much of a pompous *ss you sound throughout your entire post, your second point furthers my belief that you are a fake...or perhaps your too focused on "science" to understand how actually mind-numbingly dumb that was. So, not caring to memorize quadratic equations (which, regardless of what you say is beyond the basic addition,subtraction, multiplication, etc. that people might actually use) which have no use for you whatsoever, somehow equates to using the alphabet to put a word together? Nobody needs to know anything about Rome or its history to spell "Rome", the fact that you said that actually leads me to think I might be arguing with a child. The fact that all they had to do was write symbols is irrelevant, verbally communicating math equations is not a very accurate way to show how you want it written, and regardless if you havent used math like that for 10+ years BECAUSE IT WAS WORTHLESS TO YOU why would you care to retain that information? Better yet, if you know you wont use it, why care to learn it at all? I think your mad because these people are much more successful than you will ever be, and now your being petty. Some people dont care about this shit, get over it.

Álvaro Velasco Escorial 😂

One hell of a smart dog....lol

I guess you're the second dog to know it bitch

Raja Selvam OH SHIT!

@@rajaselvam37 That's a big oof