No 'simple theory of everything' inside the enigmatic E8, researcher says

Friday, March 26, 2010 - 13:35 in Physics & Chemistry

The "exceptionally simple theory of everything," proposed by surfing physicist Garrett Lisi, does not hold water, according to some mathematicians. Centered on the elegant E8 structure, they use linear algebra and proving theorems to translate the physics into math, and show that Lisi's formulas don't work, while also demonstrating flaws in a class of related theories.

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