SMRTR Science & EngineeringMar 14, 2025Quanta Magazine

‘Once in a Century’ Proof Settles Math’s Kakeya Conjecture

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Mathematicians Wang and Zahl have proven the three-dimensional Kakeya conjecture, a longstanding problem about minimizing the volume swept by a rotating pencil. This breakthrough opens up possibilities for solving related conjectures in harmonic analysis and may lead to advances in higher-dimensional mathematics.

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