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If it’s simple and beautiful, odds are it’s correct. The universe never seems to want anything to do with ugly math.


27 posted on 11/14/2007 11:47:25 AM PST by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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“Lisi’s inspiration lies in the most elegant and intricate shape known to mathematics, called E8 - a complex, eight-dimensional mathematical pattern with 248 points first found in 1887, but only fully understood by mathematicians this year after workings, that, if written out in tiny print, would cover an area the size of Manhattan.”

Simple? Beautifull maybe but simple, I think not.


47 posted on 11/14/2007 12:05:22 PM PST by dblshot
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