What is the hardest math work you had ever done

Question: What is the hardest math work you had ever done
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Asked by goby534fehs53 on 19 Mar 2026. This question was also asked by move534upby96, dopa534fehs53, onus534auto98, juju534puns35, geds534suns97.
- Luke Humphrey answered on 19 Mar 2026:
  
  Probably the maths underpinning the finite element method for numerical modelling. It’s wild to me that the method was briefly solved by human computers during the war to design aircraft, before the advent of electronic computing.

Question: What is the hardest math work you had ever done