In The Geometry of Everything<https://webmail.bhusd.k12.ca.us/owa/redir.aspx?C=46206e422eaf458997256cdc20aa1a7f&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.scientificamerican.com%2farticle.cfm%3fid%3da-geometric-theory-of-everything>there was the mention of E8<https://webmail.bhusd.k12.ca.us/owa/redir.aspx?C=46206e422eaf458997256cdc20aa1a7f&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.aimath.org%2fE8%2f>. In the E8 <http://www.aimath.org/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<http://www.sagemath.org/sage.html>. > " > 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 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 sage-edu@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en.
