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The discovery was made by Aubrey de Grey, the same person who believes that humans will eventually live past 1,000. Weird! > [de Grey] found his way to the chr
by simulate 8y ago
The discovery was made by Aubrey de Grey, the same person who believes that humans will eventually live past 1,000. Weird!
> [de Grey] found his way to the chromatic number of the plane problem through a board game. Decades ago, de Grey was a competitive Othello player, and he fell in with some mathematicians who were also enthusiasts of the game. They introduced him to graph theory, and he comes back to it now and then. “Occasionally, when I need a rest from my real job, I’ll think about math,” he said. Over Christmas last year, he had a chance to do that.
- 0003 8y agoYeah I did a spit-take when I read this. I remember him doing a TED talk ages ago...
- zitterbewegung 8y agoRecreational math / CS is so much fun . I usually try thinking of knot theory. Haven’t really discovered anything yet but it’s still fun. So far the best question I have asked is https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/32292/knot-recognition-as-a-proof-of-work-system https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/32292/knot-reco... .