alt Hacker NewsI am curious.
Where or what do solving these math problems lead to?
Is there some suggestion that they lead to deeper understanding about something else? Do they solve physics problems?
What’s the benefit? What’s the point?
I am curious.
Where or what do solving these math problems lead to?
Is there some suggestion that they lead to deeper understanding about something else? Do they solve physics problems?
What’s the benefit? What’s the point?
The interesting answer is we don't know. Many of the math problems that make our computers efficient were developed hundreds of years ago with nothing we could do with them.
It is mostly impossible to figure out what we find when we solve these problems. But occasionally they'll lead to real world efficiency in algorithms we use and it changes the world.