A Breakthrough in Higher Dimensional Spheres | Infinite Series | PBS Digital Studios
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Higher dimensional spheres, or hyperspheres, are counter-intuitive and almost impossible to visualize. Mathematician Kelsey Houston-Edwards explains higher dimensional spheres and how recent revelations in sphere packing have exposed truths about 8 and 24 dimensions that we don't even understand in 4 dimensions.
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Sphere Packing in Higher Dimensions - Quanta Magazine
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160330-sphere-packing-solved-in-higher-dimensions/
Why You Should Care about High-Dimensional Sphere Packing - Scientific American
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/why-you-should-care-about-high-dimensional-sphere-packing/
Written and Hosted by Kelsey Houston-Edwards
Produced by Rusty Ward
Graphics by Ray Lux
Made by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)
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