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        riddles >> putnam exam (pure math) >> Mathematicians Map E8
        
(Message started by: ThudanBlunder on Mar 22^nd, 2007, 10:04am)

Title: Mathematicians Map E8
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 22^nd, 2007, 10:04am

I had never heard of this (http://aimath.org/E8/) problem.

Title: Re: Mathematicians Map E8
Post by Icarus on Mar 22^nd, 2007, 3:38pm

I had heard a little about it, but not enough to follow it. The article is another overhyped announcement, however. A problem that took 20 researchers 4 years hardly compares to the Human Genome Project.