In my spare time, I enjoy watching a number of math channels on youtube, such as Numberphile, PBS infinite series,  and standupmaths.  Typically, most of the videos are about number theory or prime numbers and are not very useful to a mechanical engineer.  However, this video from mathologer discusses the shoelace formula for calculating the area of a polygon, which an engineer may find useful for calculating the area of a fluid channel or a beam section (see also the wikipedia entry for the shoelace formula).  It works for any polygon that does not intersect itself.  It may be useful in doing quick hand calculations, and it is easily scripted into a function for a computer to calculate.  One could also make a straight line approximation of a shape with curved lines to estimate its area.

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