# Huge event!

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/huge-event/26110>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [March 19, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/huge-event/26110 "2007-03-19T12:53:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/huge-event/26110/1 "2007-03-19T12:53:46Z")

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But I have no idea what happened!

Some sort of 120 year old math problem was solved by a mix of international collaberation and supercomputing. Sounds like a big deal but I read the whole article and have no idea what they did. I’m guessing I’d need a PhD in math to really grasp what they accomplished.

[E8 Solved!](http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/03/19/mathfeat_spa.html?category=space&guid=20070319113000&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000)

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**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/huge-event/26110/2 "2007-03-19T12:57:34Z")

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Interesting. I know a bit of graph theory, but I’d be really interested to hear a couple of math major friend’s take on this. Sounds pretty amazing though.

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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/huge-event/26110/3 "2007-03-19T13:02:00Z")

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Yeah, the article said something about solving a 600,000 x 600,000 matrix, which I can grasp enough to know that’s impressive as hell. Something about symmetry in 200-some-odd dimensions. :gotme: