Seeing as mathematicians proving things in math has minimal relation to the real world, I'm not sure how important this is.
Mathematicians and physicists have been speculating about the universe having more than 4 dimensions, and/or our 4 dimensional space existing as some kind of film on a higher dimensional space for ages, but I've yet to see compelling proof that any of that is the case.
Edit: To be clear, I'm not attempting to minimize the accomplishment of these specific people. More observing that advanced mathematics seems only tangentially related to reality.
Mathematicians and physicists have been speculating about the universe having more than 4 dimensions, and/or our 4 dimensional space existing as some kind of film on a higher dimensional space for ages, but I've yet to see compelling proof that any of that is the case.
Edit: To be clear, I'm not attempting to minimize the accomplishment of these specific people. More observing that advanced mathematics seems only tangentially related to reality.