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248-dimension maths puzzle solved
An international team of mathematicians has detailed a vast complex numerical "structure" which was invented more than a century ago.
Mapping the 248-dimensional structure, called E8, took four years of work and produced more data than the Human Genome Project, researchers said.
E8 is a member of the "Lie group" that describe symmetrical objects.
The team said their findings may assist fields of physics which use more than four dimensions, such as string theory. [continued at BBC News website]
I totally don't understand this, at all!, but it seems like it's probably something v v cool. If you like that sort of thing. Which I do. I don't understand it, but I can still like it.
An international team of mathematicians has detailed a vast complex numerical "structure" which was invented more than a century ago.
Mapping the 248-dimensional structure, called E8, took four years of work and produced more data than the Human Genome Project, researchers said.
E8 is a member of the "Lie group" that describe symmetrical objects.
The team said their findings may assist fields of physics which use more than four dimensions, such as string theory. [continued at BBC News website]
I totally don't understand this, at all!, but it seems like it's probably something v v cool. If you like that sort of thing. Which I do. I don't understand it, but I can still like it.
