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Originally Posted by Hesla
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It reads more as if the supercomputer has validated some of the mathematics of the 9+1 model.
It has not proved string theory to be correct. They have successfully modeled the start of the expansion phase of the universe, and the model seems to agree with our current assessments obtained through more classical versions of physics.
Although this has not proved that string theory is correct by any means, it does seem to be an important step in the theory coming together. They have proved that the math of string theory can account for an expansion of 3 (out of the 9 total proposed) physical dimensions at the same time.
It's also a big step in computing that they have managed to model something this complex (the math of string theory is incredibly complex and time consuming). To have a computer be able to successfully model such a large matrix and perform that many calculations is a great step forwards in scientific computation (FYI the computer runs at a theoretical max of 90.3 TFLOPS).
If anyone is interested in reading the paper it can be found here:
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/...110.4803v1.pdf
Interestingly it was posted to arxiv on October 21st.
If anyone can understand the actual paper you probably have better things to do with your time than be on CP
