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so this faggot solved some big mathematical problem
it will "change the world" they say

but what exactly will we be able to do with it?
like can they build new supercumputer and iphoneXXL now or what?

>> No.2644101

>> Change the world
>> iphoneXXL

whathefuckamireading.tiff

>> No.2644102

>>2644092
Yes

>> No.2644100

>>2644092
what did he do?

>> No.2644110

>>2644092
>it will "change the world" they say
who is "they"?
Even the math world admits that what they do tends not to have much bearing on practical matters.

>> No.2644117

>>2644092
Nothing you would ever be able to understand

>> No.2644121

>>2644092
that's the point of pure mathematics. it is simply for the beauty and intellectual curiosity. most pure mathematicians pride themselves on the fact that their work is rarely or even never applicable.

>> No.2644123

>>2644100
Simply connected closed 3-manifolds are homeomorphic to spheres.

>> No.2644127

>>2644092
NOPE.AVI

it has ABSOLUTLEY no practical applications whatsoever, and will never make any difference in your life, now or at any point in the future.

>> No.2644128

>>2644092
>it will "change the world" they say

no one said that

OP is a tremendous faggot

>> No.2644142

The only mathematical problem that will "change the world" in the 7-math-problems-famous-list is P=NP, and only if proven true.

but that's not happening in our lifetime if it is ever happening.

>> No.2644153

>>2644127
>it has ABSOLUTLEY no practical applications whatsoever, and will never make any difference in your life, now or at any point in the future.

Says who? You?

Please provide a link to an intelligent person who says that.

Otherwise I will assume u jelly

>> No.2644159

Pure mathematics is pretty useless. Doesn't mean I'm not studying it. I love it. Leave us alone. It's not like the biologists have cured cancer.

>> No.2644163

>>2644142

Perelman can probably do this. He's not a n00b by any means.

>> No.2644181

>>2644127
>>2644159
There is no branch of mathematics, however abstract, which may not someday be applied to the phenomena of the real world.
—Nikolai Lobachevsky

>> No.2644182

>>2644159
They just don't understand, man.

>> No.2644176

>>2644163
only time will tell then, i wouldn't get my hopes up tho.

>> No.2644187

>>2644176

I heard from Russian phycisists that he is trying to solve the Navier Stokes equations as we speak.

That's pretty badass as far as difficulty goes.

>> No.2644193

>>2644181
Nikolai Lobachevsky was a filthy plagiarist
- Tom Lehrer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQHaGhC7C2E

>> No.2644195

>>2644181
I can agree there--it's just that most human minds wouldn't fathom such phenomena exist.

>> No.2644211

>>2644181
So people think they can see into the future now, eh.

>> No.2644232

>>2644211
>now
he died over 150 years ago

>see the future
he said "may". perhaps lrn2read

but in his field of research he was totally proved right

>> No.2644314

>>2644232
so if it's merely a "may" why post it in the first place?

>> No.2644322

>math
>usefull
this is like a virgin neckbeard loser saying that he is asexual, whatever makes you sleep at night people

>> No.2644327

OP YOU DIDNT GIVE A FUCKING LINK please provide one.

>> No.2644478

The thing about math is that it often does turn out to be useful in some totally unexpected manner. By the time this happens mathematicians are already working on the next 'useless' problem.

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>>2644092
>>2644092
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>> No.2644525

>>2644478
this. If you look at engineers their math level is still in the 18-19th century, and only the top research engineers (most of whom are actually mathematicians) are creating new methods using 20th century math (ex: finite element method, convex optimization)