after 4 years of intensive collaboration, 18 leading mathematicians and computer scientists from the US and Europe have successfully mapped E8, one of the largest and most complicated structures in mathematics.

math is moving towards high energy physics style collaboration
2007-11-15:

keep in mind that this is just a theory, it has no experimental support, and it might be wrong. I think it’s got a shot, which is why I work on it, but it’s still just a developing theory. So don’t go crazy, people; but yes, it is pretty damn cool. This is an all-or-nothing kind of theory – it’s either going to be exactly right, or spectacularly wrong. I’m the first to admit this is a long shot. But it ain’t over till the LHC sings.

2008-10-14: it’s all about the E8

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