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Time + Processing Power + Genius = E8 Solved

All I can say is congratulations to the team of 19 mathematicians who successfully mapped out E8. 

  • 19 mathematicians
  • 4 years
  • 248 dimensions
  • 205,263,363,600 entries
  • The textual equivalent of Manhattan in 10-point type font
  • WOW

E8_2

I can think of quite a few hedge funds that would be interested in talking to this group if they ever decide to forgo purely academic pursuits.

March 19, 2007 in Science |

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