From: Clarence W Wilkerson Jr <wilker@math.purdue.edu>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:12:27 -0500

For the list:

Does anyone have a clear mathematical explanation of what puzzle  of E8 
being solved that
AIM, MIT, NPR, NY Times, CNN, etc blasted us with early this week? I like 
to see
publicity about math, but this all seemed pretty mystical to me!

Clarence Wilkerson