this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2023
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These types of abstract problems often get applied to physics or various optimization problems where efficient solutions can save a ton of work or enable new techniques

[–] Steve 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But this seems to claim it solves some practical problem with parties. I don't know what that problems.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's about what combinations of "nodes" with specific relations to others are possible in a group of different sizes

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's just a simple way to phrase the problem in concrete terms. The immediate applications are usually not of interest, unlike the novel techniques with which hard problems are solved.