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We describe the setup, design, and execution of a computational experiment
utilizing a supercomputer
that is helping to formulate and test conjectures in the real Schubert calculus.
Largely using machines in instructional computer labs during off-hours and
University breaks,
it consumed in excess of 350 GigaHertz-years of computing in its first six months of
operation, solving over 1.1 billion polynomial systems.
This experiment can serve as a
model for other large scale mathematical experiments.
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