13.2M views · Jul 25, 2025 · 32:32 · 1 HN recommender · 3 mentions · discussed 2025
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 points people here: HN recommends it as an excellent, detailed history of Markov chains, often in threads on Markov models and language models.
“this excellent Veritasium video about Markov and his chains”HN comment, 2025
“this excellent Veritasium video about Markov and his chains”
Veritasium on Markov and his chains
I assume OP watched this excellent Veritasium video about Markov and his chains [0] and posted this article which was referenced in that video. [0] this video
“a relevant and recent video nonetheless”
Relevant recent video on Markov math
not sure if it counts as a list of case studies, but a relevant and recent video nonetheless this video also in general bayesian statistics random medium article: link
“talks in detail about the history of Markov chains”
Detailed history of Markov chains
Ah, yes, Markov chains. A long time agoMark V. Shaney link was designed by Rob Pike and posted on Usenet. And Veritasium's video "The Strange Math That Predicts (Almost) Anything" talks in detail about the history of Markov chains: this video
