However, mathematicians study symmetries in higher dimensions. In fact, E8 itself is 248-dimensional.
Today string theorists search for a theory of the universe by looking at E8 X E8.
The scientists said the magnitude of the E8 calculation invited comparison with the Human Genome Project.
While the human genome, which contains all the genetic information of a cell, is less than a gigabyte in size, the result of the E8 calculation, which contains all the information about E8, is 60 gigabytes in size, they said.
This is enough to store 45 days of continuous music in MP3-format. If written out on paper, the answer would cover an area the size of Manhattan.
This was from an article in Yahoo! news stating that some scientists and mathmaticians finally calculated the E8 galaxy structure thinga majigger.
My question is about the part where it talks about gigabytes.
I thought a gigabyte was like a measurement of computer memory...but then it says the E8 thing
2007-03-20
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