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An Old Conjecture Falls, Making Spheres a Lot More Complicated

The Quanta Podcast

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The Telescope Conjecture and the Search for Powerful Invariants

This chapter explores the telescope conjecture and Marava E theory, discussing the prediction of the growth of maps between spheres, the challenge of determining distinct maps, and recent progress in algebraic K theory for potential proof.

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