@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 year agoWhat's a low effort, but impressive, party trick to learn?message-square61arrow-up1155arrow-down13
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agohttps://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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoWow, 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.