248-dimensional space…ummm

The BBC has an article on a century old math concept referred to as ‘E8’ that has recently been solved. The construct results might be used in physics to consider concepts that require more than 4 dimensions such as string theory, etc. I am not going to try to boil it down, until I have had a chance to read more about it so you so should head over to the BBC site to find out more.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | 248-dimension maths puzzle solved