Comment Re:Practical consequences of the proof? (Score 1) 222
Keep in mind that being "one of the most important proofs in Mathematics" is not related to having "practical consequences" or "real-world applications", at least in the minds of most researchers in pure math.
Pure mathematicians typically study problems because they are interesting, natural, and beautiful. The Poincare conjecture is one such problem. I think it is fair to say that no one has any immediate practical applications in mind for either the solution to the conjecture or the methods of proof. Supposed applications to theoretical physics are also, as far as I know, far removed from real-world applications.
Pure mathematicians typically study problems because they are interesting, natural, and beautiful. The Poincare conjecture is one such problem. I think it is fair to say that no one has any immediate practical applications in mind for either the solution to the conjecture or the methods of proof. Supposed applications to theoretical physics are also, as far as I know, far removed from real-world applications.
