On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 10:12 PM, michel paul <[email protected]> wrote: > In The Geometry of Everything there was the mention of E8. In the E8 > description, in the section called The E8 Calculation, there is a line: > >> "In the end the calculation took about 77 hours on the supercomputer Sage. >> " > > I was really curious that there was a 'supercomputer' called 'Sage', and > when I clicked the link, well, you get the Sage homepage! > > So, I was wondering, is it true that Sage was used in mapping E8? Or is
True. For example, see some of the articles linked near the bottom of the wiki page http://wiki.sagemath.org/SAGE_in_the_News > there a mistake somewhere? > > I want to be able to accurately state this to my classes (and the math > department). In making the case for the importance of a computational theme > in the current math curriculum, I think this could be cool. No one's > individual mind can contain E8. The mathematical objects being studied > these days are too complex to be contained in a merely human mind. We need > the computer to be able to perceive these kinds of objects. The computer in > math these days is like the telescope in astronomy or the microscope in > biology. > > Thanks, > > Michel > > -- > "Computer science is the new mathematics." > > -- Dr. Christos Papadimitriou > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-edu" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en.
