I recently finished watching the 3 Body Problem on Netflix so this question came to mind. Can anyone explain (in simple terms) why the 3 body problem was deemed unsolvable even by the advanced alien race in the series? Even better, can anyone here simplify what the 3 Body Problem actually is in Physics? It really got my curiosity. Thanks! 🙂
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I think this being the crux of the show/1st book is meant to say a few things. 1st, that San-Ti math ability is not any more capable of solving the problem that our own, even with much more advanced computers. But even if they have solved for when the next chaotic era would begin, it’s a moot point. They wanted to prevent the fall of their current civilization, and eventually the planet itself would be destroyed no matter if they were able to solve for the mathematical problem.
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