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kalkulat@lemmy.world to math@lemmy.world · 11 months ago

String Theorists Accidentally Find a New Formula for Pi

www.scientificamerican.com

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String Theorists Accidentally Find a New Formula for Pi

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kalkulat@lemmy.world to math@lemmy.world · 11 months ago
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Two physicists have come across infinitely many novel equations for pi while trying to develop a unifying theory of the fundamental forces
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  • Thorry84@feddit.nl
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    11 months ago

    Numberphile did a series of videos on this a couple of weeks ago.

    https://youtu.be/nXexsSWrc1Q

    They did an interview with the authors of the paper as well. Good stuff.

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      Any mirrors? Youtube seem to require an account to view stuff these days.

      • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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        Youtube seem to require an account to view stuff

        Really? I can view it just fine in Firefox.

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    A result? From string theory?

    Inconceivable!

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      The fact that it was accidental is pretty on point for string theory :D

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