Hi there, mathematicians. I assume you've heard the big news about E8 by now:
248-dimension maths puzzle solved
Lie groups aren't a specialty of mine, so I'll hold off writing about this (for now), but you might be interested to read what a few other are saying.
248-dimension maths puzzle solved
An international team of mathematicians has detailed a vast complex numerical "structure" which was invented more than a century ago.
Mapping the 248-dimensional structure, called E8, took four years of work and produced more data than the Human Genome Project, researchers said.
Lie groups aren't a specialty of mine, so I'll hold off writing about this (for now), but you might be interested to read what a few other are saying.
- AIM press release: Mathematicians Map E8
- New York Times: The Scientific Promise of Perfect Symmetry
- Good Math, Bad Math:
href="http://scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2007/03/the_mapping_of_the_e8_lie_grou.php">The Mapping of the E8 Lie Group (Minor Update)
Not Even Wrong: E8 Media Blitz
The n-Category Café: News about E8
The Unapologetic Mathematician: A rough overview
The Unapologetic Mathematician: Lie groups, Lie algebras, and representations
Tags: E8, Lie groups, string theory
Tags: E8, Lie groups, string theory