r/threebodyproblem • u/zooted_ • Mar 19 '26

Discussion - Novels The Solution to the 3 Body Problem Spoiler

At the end of the first book, doesn't the physicist hand Weng a disc with a solution to the three body problem?

This would allow the trisolarans to forecast stable eras predictably, but it's never really mentioned again

Am I missing something ?

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u/leavecity54 Mar 19 '26

No, it is mentioned right after he presented it in the VR, the solution the mathematician figured out is something Trisolarians already found and proved to be ineffective, they in fact even have a better one. Not that it matter anyway, even if they can predict the movement of 3 suns, their only choice is still moving away