Something beautiful just happened in the world of maths:
http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~hhuan30/papers/sensitivity_1.pdf
The fundamental difference between maths and science is that our understanding of science evolves over time as new information becomes available. Maths is absolute. Mathematical proofs, once peer reviewed and accepted, are never proven wrong.
Therefore, Hao Huang's work is a work of absolute, universal beauty. It will always remain a work of beauty, due to its simplicity, and how it forms a building block to other, greater works of mathematical art. Ten thousand years from today, people (if they still exist) may differ on the beauty of Leonardo da Vinci or Ghalib's work. But Hao will be immortal - that is a mathematical certainty.
I am basically just gushing at this point... Bye.
PS: If you wish to understand the fundamental importance of this work, please read https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematician-solves-computer-science-conjecture-in-two-pages-20190725/ . Yes, a nerd sitting in a Madrid hotel just made it possible for you to have fewer diagnostic tests before a doctor can determine what disease ails you. If you think it will be a long time before this research is applied to real life, understand that both computer science and operations research are rapidly evolving fields. People will adopt any maths that leads to higher efficiency and smaller circuits.
PS2: Hao came up with the theorem while having to write a research grant request. I can totally empathise with the guy. Asking for money for your work is possibly the most painful, wasteful thing for a nerd. I'm glad he chanelled the negative energy into his work :-D. I am myself guilty of writing code when I should have been writing marketing/sales proposals.
http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~hhuan30/papers/sensitivity_1.pdf
The fundamental difference between maths and science is that our understanding of science evolves over time as new information becomes available. Maths is absolute. Mathematical proofs, once peer reviewed and accepted, are never proven wrong.
Therefore, Hao Huang's work is a work of absolute, universal beauty. It will always remain a work of beauty, due to its simplicity, and how it forms a building block to other, greater works of mathematical art. Ten thousand years from today, people (if they still exist) may differ on the beauty of Leonardo da Vinci or Ghalib's work. But Hao will be immortal - that is a mathematical certainty.
I am basically just gushing at this point... Bye.
PS: If you wish to understand the fundamental importance of this work, please read https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematician-solves-computer-science-conjecture-in-two-pages-20190725/ . Yes, a nerd sitting in a Madrid hotel just made it possible for you to have fewer diagnostic tests before a doctor can determine what disease ails you. If you think it will be a long time before this research is applied to real life, understand that both computer science and operations research are rapidly evolving fields. People will adopt any maths that leads to higher efficiency and smaller circuits.
PS2: Hao came up with the theorem while having to write a research grant request. I can totally empathise with the guy. Asking for money for your work is possibly the most painful, wasteful thing for a nerd. I'm glad he chanelled the negative energy into his work :-D. I am myself guilty of writing code when I should have been writing marketing/sales proposals.