🎉 Congrats, math nerds! After a century of head-scratching, you've finally
#solved a
#puzzle that literally no one else cared about. 🧩 Now you can sleep peacefully knowing the Kakeya Conjecture is settled—until the next obscure
#theorem keeps you up at night! 😴
https://www.quantamagazine.org/once-in-a-century-proof-settles-maths-kakeya-conjecture-20250314/ #mathnerds #KakeyaConjecture #celebration #HackerNews #ngated
‘Once in a Century’ Proof Settles Math’s Kakeya Conjecture
The deceptively simple Kakeya conjecture has bedeviled mathematicians for 50 years. A new proof of the conjecture in three dimensions illuminates a whole crop of related problems.
‘Once in a Century’ Proof Settles Math’s Kakeya Conjecture
The deceptively simple Kakeya conjecture has bedeviled mathematicians for 50 years. A new proof of the conjecture in three dimensions illuminates a whole crop of related problems.
Chinese maths star Wang Hong solves ‘infamous’ geometry problem
It’s seen as significant progress in geometric measure theory, and she could be in the running for a Fields Medal.
👩🎓🔮 Behold, mathematicians have triumphed yet again with another mind-boggling revelation in their infinite quest to complicate
#geometry. 😴💡 Terence Tao attempts to excite the masses by updating us on the “spectacular” progress nobody asked for, thanks to the ever-riveting Kakeya conjecture. 📏📐
https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2025/02/25/the-three-dimensional-kakeya-conjecture-after-wang-and-zahl/ #mathematics #KakeyaConjecture #TerenceTao #research #breakthroughs #HackerNews #ngated
The three-dimensional Kakeya conjecture, after Wang and Zahl
There has been some spectacular progress in geometric measure theory: Hong Wang and Joshua Zahl have just released a preprint that resolves the three-dimensional case of the infamous Kakeya set con…
The three-dimensional Kakeya conjecture, after Wang and Zahl
There has been some spectacular progress in geometric measure theory: Hong Wang and Joshua Zahl have just released a preprint that resolves the three-dimensional case of the infamous Kakeya set con…
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