The Mathematical Conundrum of Haruhi Suzumiya

[Shintouyu]

Haruhi Helps Crack a 25-Year-Old Mathematical Conundrum

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In the last 25 years, minds hadn't yet figured out a formula to calculate the shortest supermutation, but the Haruhi Problem has helped that search along. Greg Egan, a sci-fi writer, also made a breakthrough earlier this month by figuring out how to find the largest possible superpermutation.

The superpermutation formula isn't completed yet, but thanks to breakthroughs by the anonymous Haruhi poster and Egan, mathematicians are much closer to hammering it out.

So apparently this is a thing.

 

[Nerx]

Now that is a good meta level feat

 

[Bea]

Amusingly I feel like you could absolutely tweak this to make a good plot in a Haruhi story if you just add a bunch of crazy supernatural nonsense.

 

[Chloe Sullivan]

Divine sense of humor confirmed.