Thirdsday was created (discovered?) by Jim Propp! Read his manifesto here:
https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/201...
He's @JimPropp on Twitter:   / jimpropp  

Here is James Tanton's video "How to Fold or Split Things into Thirds".
   • How to Fold or Split Things into Thir...  

Check out the Think Maths resources to help calculate the digits of a third!
https://www.think-maths.co.uk/celebra...

And Evelyn Lamb has done a great write-up about Thirdsday for Scientific American.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...

The animation was by Lucas Vieira and you can read more about it at the end of Jim Propp's post.
http://1ucasvb.com/
https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/201...

EVE HAD HIT MAX, FOR THE SLY OLD MAN MAX HAD HID HER PET CAT, MOG, AND SHE WAS SAD BUT SHE DID NOT CRY.
By Hannah Fisher, 2018.
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CORRECTIONS
- I totally missed a “FOR” in Hannah’s short story. Thank goodness the digits still worked! First spotted by JWB_.
- Let me know if you spot anything else!


Thanks to my Patreon supports who do support these videos and make them possible. Here is a random subset:

Samuel Ytterbrink
David Lake
Lucas Werkmeister
Mark Prince
David Wagner

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Music by Howard Carter
Filming and editing by Matt Parker
Design by Simon Wright


MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
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