An Old Conjecture Falls, Making Spheres a Lot More Complicated
Publisher |
Quanta Magazine
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Life Sciences
Physics
Science
Publication Date |
Jan 24, 2024
Episode Duration |
00:16:37

The telescope conjecture gave mathematicians a handle on ways to map one sphere to another. Now that it has been disproved, the universe of shapes has exploded. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Slow Burn” by Kevin MacLeod.

Many discoveries in mathematics make things simpler, but a recent disproof instead creates a universe of new, complicated possibilities.
The telescope conjecture gave mathematicians a handle on ways to map one sphere to another. Now that it has been disproved, the universe of shapes has exploded.

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