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Re:Monumental proof settles geometric Langlands conjecture by leephillips on Friday July 26, 2024 @05:38PM (#41082534)
Karl Schwarzschild found the first exact solutions to Einstein’s gravitational field equations (general theory of relativity) while serving in the trenches in WWI, firing artillery at the Russians.
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Re:Monumental proof settles geometric Langlands conjecture by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK on Saturday July 27, 2024 @07:11AM (#41085779)
Interesting, Alexander Friedmann, another notable solver of Einstein equations, also fought in WWI, though on Russian side :)
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Re:Monumental proof settles geometric Langlands conjecture by bdjsiqoocwk on Saturday July 27, 2024 @08:28AM (#41086152)
Similar for the Choleski decomposition. Also artillery officer in WWI. Died in battle.
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Re:Monumental proof settles geometric Langlands conjecture by chinabison on Saturday July 27, 2024 @11:00AM (#41087019)
Jean LeRay invented sheaf theory while he was a POW in Austria in WWII.
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