Who is Wang?
Wang is a mathematician identified by Steven Strogatz as one half of the Wang–Zahl collaboration on the three-dimensional Kakeya conjecture. The material tracks that work and the specific technical obstacles it overcame.
Track record
- Dec 2025 - Wang and Zahl proved the 3D Kakeya conjecture for sticky sets, per Steven Strogatz.
- Dec 2025 - Wang and Zahl determined that graininess was the key to controlling the losses in their argument, according to Steven Strogatz.
- Dec 2025 - Steven Strogatz said the argument could be used to show that no 3D Kakeya set can have a dimension below 2.5.
On the record
What named speakers have said about Wang.
The Wang and Zahl argument establishes a Hausdorff dimension lower bound of 2.5 for any 3D Kakeya set.
“They could use this argument to show that no 3D Kakeya set can have a dimension below 2.5 for example.”Steven Strogatz · 18 Dec 2025
Wang and Zahl proved the 3D Kakeya conjecture for sticky sets in 2022, showing no such set can have Hausdorff dimension below 2.5.
“In 2022, Wang and Zahl proved the 3D Kakeya conjecture for sticky sets.”Steven Strogatz · 18 Dec 2025
Exxon's own marketing division, forced to dogfood its in-house office equipment, returned it after one year and went back to Wang computers, a damning internal verdict on product quality.
“They were eventually forced to take Exxon equipment but returned them a year later.”Jon Y · 17 Sep 2026
Steven Strogatz on Wang and Zahl identifying graininess as the key mechanism in the Kakeya conjecture proof.
“Wang and Zahl figured out that graininess was the key to controlling these losses.”Steven Strogatz · 18 Dec 2025