Mathematicians Solve Decades-Old Geometric Mystery

Scitech Daily ^ | March 30, 2025 | New York University

[BenLurkin]

“Me calculate you long time.”

[ClearCase_guy]

while it is possible for these sets to have zero three-dimensional volume, they must nonetheless be three-dimensional.

Of course.

[SpaceBar]

The Ph.D version of counting angels dancing on the head of a pin.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

[Chengdu54]

I think we’ve all suspected this for a long time.

[Red Badger]

Gat a little Wang to it...................

[coloradan]

At least the proof came with a happy ending. As proofs do.

[enumerated]

I think sometimes people learn so much math they can’t think straight.

Obviously, since a line segment only has one dimension, it doesn’t matter how small the area is, you can still rotate it 180° on a plane just fine.

And to think I solved that without using a single equation!

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

And this is important because.....?

[Leaning Right]

> The PhD version of counting angels dancing on the head of a pin. <

Sometimes these pure research projects yield practical results. But I struggle to find any practical results here. Looks like just another… well, what you said.

Paying PhDs to do this sort of thing might be one reason college tuition is so high.

The result here might not have value. But it least it’s not harmful. The junk research coming from education “doctors” and DEI “doctors” - that stuff is harmful.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Why not a sphere as defining?

[Brandonmark]

Where’s the haystack?

[Scrambler Bob]

This conjecture explores the minimal space required for a needle, or line segment, to point in every direction within a given space.
= = =

So, maybe a needle, or line segment is minimal length of two points long.

Sounds like it needs 2 points cubed space.

Maybe with pi in there somewhere. Probably is a sphere, not a cube.

That has only taken me over seven decades to solve.

[SpaceBar]

Looking at her blackboard, clearly the answer is approximately one.

[Dr. Franklin]

If it doesn’t have a practical application, it’s just useless knowledge.

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

[goo goo g'joob]

I solved that without using a single equation!

have you considered publishing?

Then we can all say "we knew him when he was just a Freeper"!

[Red Badger]