What's the most exciting development happening in your field of work/study at the moment?

christophski@feddit.uk to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 81 points –

What's something happening in your field of work or study that you think could really change things in the future?

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We solved the Ein Stein Problem. And when I say we I mean people way smarter than me and when i say ein stein i actually mean ein Stein as in german for one stone. It's a shape that can tile the plane infinitely without producing a repeating pattern.

Last I knew, they were down to two shapes - Penrose Tiles.

Thanks for that great great rabbit hole read (and some YT videos watch)

I saw this in the news a while ago, what makes this so revolutionary?

In maths, we are excited about new things even if they seem to have absolutely no practical value or application. Sometimes, things become important later on, like prime numbers, which have been studied just for fun for centuries, and are now the backbone of encrypted communication.

So the only reason why this exciting is because nobody did it before.