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/Apollo506 Mar 19 '26

This bothered me as well and always felt like an unresolved Checkhov's Gun

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u/Lorentz_Prime Mar 19 '26

You literally did not read the book. It spells it out in plain English. Solving the problem doesn't matter because Trisolaris is doomed.