An astonishing result, beautifully described in @QuantaMagazine: the mathematics linking scattering amplitudes in particle physics to a geometric object called the amplituhedron can be better understood by also mapping the amplituhedron to the mathematics of origami.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/origami-patterns-solve-a-major-physics-riddle-20251006/
Greg Egan
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