Mathematical Mystery Believed to Have Been Solved

The Scotsman ^ | Mon 6 Sep 2004 | John von Radowitz

[GreenHornet]

Basically, it says that a three-dimensional sphere can be used in an analogous way to describe higher-dimensional objects that are impossible to visualise.

Yeah, me and the guys were arguing about this same thing over a couple of beers last night. Right after that, we got into our weekly "Ginger or MaryAnn?" debate.

[Eastbound]

See # 36

[Terpfen]

This may answer your question, if you're prepared to read a little.

[RightWingAtheist]

Question: The article briefly mentions that it may aid us in the understanding of higher dimensions in theoretical physics and cosmology, and some on this thread think it would aid those working with string theory. Would proving the Poincare Conjecture allow us to finally express in geometrical terms physical phenomena we formerly could only express statistically? Might this be one of the panels we have to open in the "Chinese Box" in which (maybe) hides a quantum theory of gravity?

[Dutch Boy]

Encrypted codes are based on the randomness of prime numbers. If a system could be found that made them predictable, no secret would be safe.

Does that mean I'mm have to change all my combinations from 1 2 3 4 5 to something else???

Funny, she doesn't even look druish.

[RightWingAtheist]

Mulder: Mr. Simpson, we want you to recreate your every move the night you saw the alien.
Homer: The evening began at the gentleman's club, where we were discussing Wittgenstein over a game of backgammon.
Scully: Mr. Simpson, it's a felony to lie to the FBI.
Homer: We were sitting in Barney's car eating packets of mustard. Happy?

[budwiesest]

None of this makes sense to me.

Hey, maybe that's the answer! (sad to hear about the e-machines though)

[Restorer]

I solved it years before you did, but some Russian guy stole my work and ran off with it.

[maro]

Too bad it wasn't seared--seared--into your memory.

[RightWhale]

Penrose prefers twistor theory.

[stands2reason]

Not in Russia. They have the flat tax.

[LuigiBasco]

"I had to sprain my brain trying to understand why this article has any importance to anyone besides math eggheads.

And then, there it was.

In promulgating your esoteric cogitations or articulating your superficial sentimentalities and amicable philosophical or psychological observations, beware of platitudinous ponderosity.

Let your conversational communications possess a compacted conciseness, a clarified comprehensibility, a coalescent cogency and a concatenated consistency.

Eschew obfuscation and all conglomeration of flatulent garrulity, jejune babblement and asinine affectations.

Let your extemporaneous descants and unpremeditated expatiations have intelligibility and voracious vivacity without rodomontade or thrasonical bombast.

Sedulously avoid all polysyllabic profundity, pompous prolificacy and vain vapid verbosity.

"And then here it is."

[onedoug]

That fundemental particles are not point-like, but are extended "strings" vibrating at varying frequencies giving rise to the panoply of particles we experience in the energy ranges we can currently access.

Interesting. But until we figure how to duplicate energy scales, mimicing those of the first second or so of the creation event, we'll ultimately be guessing.

[ol' hoghead]

I didn't understand any of it but I still read the whole thing anyway. I'm sure it is something I really don't need to worry about...much.

ol hoghead

[DannyTN]

You are ruining a good story with the facts.

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[SAJ]

Or 7.99999999998493, if you happen to have an old Pentium.

[PatrickHenry]

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[SAJ]

Taylor or Maclauren?

[frankenMonkey]

"Ah yes, math...yet another skill i am the master of..."