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Mathematics

$Mathematics$

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Soumik Mukherjee

Jul 24, 2024 12:49

Only two online, that's rare

Semiclassical

Mar 19, 2024 19:28

@oneofvalts the latter is an easy consequence of the former if you use the right theorem

Jakobian

Mar 18, 2024 18:32

Xander is not only incredibly good at making jokes, he's also handsome and smart

Xander Henderson

Aug 30, 2023 13:33

Glad we could help.

Xander Henderson

Jul 22, 2024 16:23

@user193319 Yeah, your brain is pretty broken.

Thorgott

Mar 17, 2024 18:54

complete metric spaces are everywhere

Ted Shifrin

Dec 1, 2023 18:31

I also don’t commit federal crimes by lying repeatedly to the government or billions of citizens.

Ted Shifrin

Dec 1, 2023 18:30

Unlike Santos, I don’t lie. And I actually attended and graduated from a university without being a fake volleyball star.

Soumik Mukherjee

Mar 16, 2024 06:43

How to do well in interviews? any suggestions are welcome.

Xander Henderson

Nov 28, 2023 19:40

Paper!? Real mathematicians draw figures in the sand with a stick!

Xander Henderson

Jul 20, 2024 11:32

Besides: while I have a stronger background in analytic number theory than the average bear (thanks to my advisor taking a fractal-based run at RH some 20 years ago), my expertise is in fractal geometry.

Xander Henderson

Nov 27, 2023 17:03

@LuckyChouhan You ask a lot of personal questions about people here. This is not really appropriate, and I would ask that you please back off a bit.

leslie townes

Jul 19, 2024 22:09

and students' failure to do that is not necessarily a problem with the educational system but more with one's expectations around what formalized education can/should and cannot/should not do

Jakobian

Jul 19, 2024 20:15

@Obliv appreciationatwork.com/blog/…

Sine of the Time

Jul 19, 2024 15:03

@Q_p almost every day there's someone who claims to have proven/disproven RH

copper.hat

Nov 25, 2023 21:10

i'm an engineer heading towards financial ruin

Jakobian

Jul 18, 2024 18:55

$X$ is normal iff every point-finite/locally-finite/finite open covering can be shrinked

robjohn

Aug 19, 2023 17:10

@geocalc33 welcome to the Dumbfounded By Downvote club.

Alessandro Codenotti

Nov 23, 2023 19:03

Has this finally turned into the italian chat? Better late than never

Soumik Mukherjee

Nov 22, 2023 15:30

@LuckyChouhan Politeness is chasing you but you're always faster

Xander Henderson

Jul 17, 2024 16:02

YOU STILL HAVEN'T SHOWN ME YOUR WORK!

leslie townes

Jul 16, 2024 21:07

pizza: no, i was just joking. to my ears "i'm thinking of the definitive solution" sounds like a person in search of an all-encompassing answer to the mysteries of life.

Ted Shifrin

Nov 18, 2023 00:10

Yes, being correct may be more complicated than being wrong.

leslie townes

Mar 6, 2024 02:12

applying the forgetful functor to all of that

Thorgott

Mar 5, 2024 23:59

never ever try reading a late 19th century group theory paper

Soumik Mukherjee

Nov 16, 2023 18:18

@LuckyChouhan This sounds like a toxic positivity quote

Sine of the Time

Jul 13, 2024 22:59

that's sad

Xander Henderson

Nov 13, 2023 19:59

@leslietownes How do I subscribe to your newsletter?

Xander Henderson

Feb 29, 2024 22:59

@leslietownes transcend the galaxy brain. You need UNIVERSE brain.

leslie townes

Aug 2, 2023 21:14

EE18

Feb 29, 2024 18:31

I've given up on Halmos for right now, such a darn grind. Maybe it'll go smoother down the line...Back to strictly analysis for now

Sahaj

Feb 29, 2024 15:39

jakobian why do you ignore my question!!!

leslie townes

Nov 8, 2023 17:41

these are foods of the german-speaking diaspora, not german foods (they don't eat food in germany)

zeta space

Jul 10, 2024 16:56

if england were playing denmark that joke would have been so good

Balarka Sen

Feb 27, 2024 21:04

@leslietownes no one is capable of being anything but themselves

Koro

Apr 29, 2023 07:31

@robjohn Thanks a lot. You're so amazing :-).

Ted Shifrin

Apr 28, 2023 20:22

Yeah, milk isn't good for cats.

Ted Shifrin

Feb 26, 2024 18:07

For me, the empty set is not a proper subset.

Soumik Mukherjee

Jul 9, 2024 07:40

@ThomasFinley You are complicating things for no reason, all three inequalities that you wrote are same

Ted Shifrin

Feb 21, 2024 17:05

@SineoftheTime Most of us were :)

Balarka Sen

Feb 19, 2024 23:04

@Jakobian I think bad spaces are like modern art. You cannot appreciate them without knowing the deep history of romantic paintings.

user4539917

Oct 18, 2022 19:27

Mathematician Yitang Zhang Claims to Have Proven Riemann Hypothesis Problem

Xander Henderson

Jul 11, 2023 20:25

If I can give you some advice: don't stress it. These are imaginary internet points. Be the duck. Let it roll off your back.

leslie townes

Jul 2, 2024 19:20

the formula is legible either way so i would personally not worry too much about it :)

ephe

Jul 2, 2024 16:28

mathoverflow.net/a/44213 This is like a summary of it for those that do not want to read 17 pages.

ephe

Jul 2, 2024 16:27

This is related a related essay on the topic arxiv.org/pdf/math/9404236. Probably most of you have seen it but surely some haven't.

Semiclassical

Feb 13, 2024 19:52

"The best lack all conviction, while the worst/ Are full of passionate intensity." is about as pithy a description as i can give for the present moment

Thorgott

Feb 12, 2024 21:28

if you're using the snake lemma, you're doing good mathematics

Jakobian

Jun 29, 2024 18:28

Ah okay. Its one of those where you have to think

Binky McSquigglebottom

Jun 28, 2024 19:55

Guys guys guys there are 5 pizzas left in the h bar 🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕 hurry up