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Thanks to Private Internet Access for sponsoring this video! You can use my personalised link for your discount here:
\nhttps://PIAVPN.com/StandupMaths

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Here’s the reddit thread where this all started:
\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/1rl8ltg/solving_surface_area_of_spiralized_hot_dog/

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Here’s Babish’s Youtube video with the big surface area ‘claim’:
\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZftFVTkiAU

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Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. You are the crispy onions who complete my helical hot dog adventures. https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths

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Particular thanks to Patreon supporter Mark Reed who spotted a clarification in the video on an early-access release. Join Patreon if you too want to correct Matt's maths!

\n

And big thanks to Ben Sparks for making the helicoid GeoGebra plots! Check him out here:
\nhttps://www.bensparks.co.uk

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CORRECTIONS
\n3.01 - the correct form of the area of a circle is of course pi x R^2, not 2 x pi x R^2. If only integration were more straightforward. (Thanks simonlitvinskii1898 for spotting it!)

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Written and performed by Matt Parker
\nFilming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
\nProduced by Nicole Jacobus
\nResearch by Rhys Jones
\nMusic by Howard Carter
\nDesign by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson

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MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
\nWebsite: https://standupmaths.com/

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