chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 年前What's a low effort, but impressive, party trick to learn?message-squaremessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down13
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minus-squarekeenanpepper@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 年前https://mathoverflow.net/questions/142205/presentation-of-the-monster-group mentions a presentation of the monster with 12 generators. Creating a physical rotation puzzle that implements the monster group would be quite a task!
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前Wow, that’s a lot less than I thought. I’m just noticing now there’s also a (giant, terrible) 2-generator representation mentioned in the wiki. It’s always cool how simple these huge structures can turn out to be.
https://mathoverflow.net/questions/142205/presentation-of-the-monster-group mentions a presentation of the monster with 12 generators.
Creating a physical rotation puzzle that implements the monster group would be quite a task!
Wow, that’s a lot less than I thought. I’m just noticing now there’s also a (giant, terrible) 2-generator representation mentioned in the wiki. It’s always cool how simple these huge structures can turn out to be.