What do you do after solving the answer to life, the universe, and everything? If you're mathematicians Drew Sutherland and Andy Booker, you go for the.
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What do you do after solving the answer to life, the universe, and everything? If you re mathematicians Drew Sutherland and Andy Booker, you go for the harder problem.
In 2019, Booker, at the University of Bristol, and Sutherland, principal research scientist at MIT, were the first to find the answer to 42. The number has pop culture significance as the fictional answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything, as Douglas Adams famously penned in his novel The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy. The question that begets 42, at least in the novel, is frustratingly, hilariously unknown.
In mathematics, entirely by coincidence, there exists a polynomial equation for which the answer, 42, had similarly eluded mathematicians for decades. The equation x3+y3+z3=k is known as the sum of cubes problem. While seemingly straightforward, the equation becomes exponentially difficult to solve when framed as a Diophantine equation a problem that stipulate
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Randy Booker is blessed to still be alive. After countless procedures in the last 12 years, his heart only operates at 60%. But Booker is thankful for every day. Author: Jaelen Gilkey Updated: 7:18 PM EST January 28, 2021
BURLINGTON, N.C. Randy Booker is blessed to still be with us. After countless procedures in the last 12 years, his heart only operates at 60%, but he s just thankful for every day he s still kicking.
In 2009, Randy suffered from a heart attack known as the Widowmaker. This happens when a large blockage forms in one of the left arteries in the heart.