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String Theorists Accidentally Find a New Formula for Pi (www.scientificamerican.com)

submitted 3 months ago by kalkulat to c/math

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] WhyYesZoidberg 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

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

Youtube seem to require an account to view stuff

Really? I can view it just fine in Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A result? From string theory?

Inconceivable!

[–] edwardbear 23 points 3 months ago

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