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xkcd #3115: Unsolved Physics Problems (imgs.xkcd.com)

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'Tin pest' makes more sense to me. Tin just doesn't want to be locked down in a shape like that. I get it. But why would any metal want to grow hair??

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[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Cursed unsolved math problems sounding like the beginning of a horror story:

You're lost in a forest without a map and compass...

Does generalized moonshine exist?

What's the longest snake you can jam into an n-dimensional hypercube?

[-] obstbert@feddit.org 0 points 1 week ago

I'm interested. Please elaborate!

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Bellman's lost in a forest problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellman%27s_lost-in-a-forest_problem

Generalized moonshine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monstrous_moonshine#Generalized_moonshine if the moonshine phenomena also exists outside the monster group

Snake in a box problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake-in-the-box

this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2025

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