Mathematicians Solve Decades-Old Geometric Mystery

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

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The article has the wrong photo of the professor. Here's the correct photo of the brilliant mathematician...

[Larry Lucido]

[Leaning Right]

> Higher Dimensions (n ≥ 3): Open. Partial results exist… <

Stop the presses! I just did some quick calculations. There’s a serious error in the above. Partial results do NOT exist in higher dimensions.

Okay, I’ll admit it. I didn’t catch the error. My cat did.

[Reeses]

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

Angels is apt. Most of mathematics is abstract, eternal, and really a branch of God, but has little to no practical use in the mortal world. It seems most articles of these discoveries these days try real hard to tie them to either quantum computing or global warming, but that is political funding BS. They should tie them to God instead, and give thanks for enough brains to discover a bit more of Him.

[AndyTheBear]

angels, or perhaps angles?

[BipolarBob]

I think it’s time to make these mathematicians to walk the planck.

[SpaceBar]

On the contrary, math is very useful in that it mimics nature.

So much so that science and technology co-opted it to make a myriad of shiny playthings.

[central_va]

I've seen the needle and the damage done.

[curious7]

Or it might turn out to be a useful tool to deal with a problem in another field - as sometimes happens.

[Hot Tabasco]

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

I had that figured out to within a half inch.,,,,

[Hot Tabasco]

And this is important because.....?

You're obviously not a PHd mathematician who has nothing else to discuss with his peers on Friday nights during happy hour.....

[central_va]

What does a mathematician do when constipated?

[Vaduz]

Math is a wonderful thing it help many California drives pass the test.

3R = 1L

3 right turns equal on left turn

[Vaduz]

Math is a wonderful thing it help many California drives pass the test.

3R = 1L

3 right turns equal one left turn

fixed

[cctrout]

Has anybody looked at California deficits lately. Let’s learn second grade arithmetic first

[ChessExpert]

The proof was in the pudding.

[SunkenCiv]

I got the mathematician in my family a Kakeya needle set for Christmas last year.

[Reeses]

On the contrary, math is very useful in that it mimics nature.

Sometimes. Math can be used as a tool to create models of the physical world. However, 1) all models are wrong at some level, by definition, and 2) most models are failures, like the 80 models used to come up with the runaway man-made global warming scam, possibly the most expensive scam in history.

Math is interesting for being one of the few things that contains perfect truths. But nature is much more fuzzy, unknown, and for us mortals, unknowable.

[Lmo56]

A PhD in physics once told me that Pie r Round ...

The mystery of the universe is solved !!!

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

“You’re obviously not a PHd mathematician”

And obviously neither are you!

The correct abbreviation is as follows: “Ph.D.”

Tsk - tsk - tsk.