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To: Governor Dinwiddie

“The crux of Atiyah’s proof depends on a quantity in physics called the fine structure constant, which describes the strength and nature of electromagnetic interaction between charged particles.”

Have to admit the relevance here escapes me.


17 posted on 09/24/2018 5:23:51 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: steve86
“The crux of Atiyah’s proof depends on a quantity in physics called the fine structure constant, which describes the strength and nature of electromagnetic interaction between charged particles.”

'Have to admit the relevance here escapes me.'

Derbyshire's book cited in post 10 goes into some of the amazing connections between the prime numbers and the subatomic world.

20 posted on 09/24/2018 5:39:45 PM PDT by Neanderthal (As you import the third world, you become the third world)
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