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The open problem -- the "moving sofa problem" -- has possibly just been solved! (twitter.com/scientific_bird)
12 points by NavinF on Dec 6, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments


Would appreciate if someone could summarize the thread here, since tweets after the first are not visible if you don't have an account.


Linked paper from the x thread: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2411.19826


I had ChatGPT summarize this paper for me.

It's pretty impressive to me that a single post doc has this much breadth in a single paper.

Convex Geometry

  - Brunn-Minkowski theory
  - Surface Area Measure
Measure Theory

  - Lebesgue–Stieltjes Measure
  - Green’s Theorem
Differential Geometry

  - Weak derivatives for boundaries
  - Trajectories and rotation paths
Optimization and Functional Analysis

  - Quadratic functionals
  - Concavity and global optimization
Combinatorial Geometry

  - Balanced polygons
  - Iterative approximation and discretization
Computational Geometry

  - Numerical simulations
  - Verification of bounds and injectivity
Advanced Theorems

  - Mamikon’s Theorem
  - Jordan Curve Theorem


I think it would probably take me 50 years just to fully comprehend this proof alone. Amazing work.




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