Re:The moving sofa problem
by mabbo on Saturday July 14, 2018 @11:10AM
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> there really isn’t any direct practical application for knowing the solution
Oh, but math always seems that way. And often, it is. But sometimes, very rarely, your solution to the sofa problem explains a key detail to P vs NP, or allows a breakthrough in transistor design, or improves the airflow calculations allowing for faster jets, etc.
Math's true beauty is that it's never done playing games with us as we realize all the strange connections.
Oh, but math always seems that way. And often, it is. But sometimes, very rarely, your solution to the sofa problem explains a key detail to P vs NP, or allows a breakthrough in transistor design, or improves the airflow calculations allowing for faster jets, etc.
Math's true beauty is that it's never done playing games with us as we realize all the strange connections.