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00:05
hi chat
@Daminark I always thought more as my thing than his.
What @Mike?
@Daminark getting continuous out of smooth
His = Ted's?
hi chat
00:12
I was joking with him, he's actually not terribly fond of spending time on that given that there's only a quarter
Hey @Eric!
What have you been doing in analysis Daminark?
Convergence theorems for Lebesgue integration
Our TA has been lecturing
ah good good
how is she?
She's really good
She goes faster on average than, say, Marianna (some people in the class have felt this is a bit too fast, but I don't think I'd say that)
I like it, but it's all a very general principle that makes continuous results fall out of smooth ones
00:17
Yesterday was Littlewood's 3 Principles (more precise version), then monotone convergence and Fatou. Next class is gonna be dominated convergence and then Fubini's theorem.
Next week Marianna will be lecturing again, and if I remember right from office hours it's soon gonna start going the direction of density theory
@Mike That of approximating them using convolution/molification? Or do you have something else in mind?
just the existence of smooth approximations (and the existence of relative approximations, ie where the function is unchanged on a certain subset); of course you can get that via convolution arguments (and i like those quite a bit)
it's not a party until someone starts convolving things
Lol the proof of Stone-Weierstrass led to Soug's extra stuff on convolution
Which was one of basically 2 times I'm aware of when he went off script
00:33
Hi chat ! , what is the easiest way to show that a graph does not have hamiltonian circuit ?
01:01
Hey @Kasmir, @Adeek, and @Dodsy!
hi @Daminark
How's it going?
good solving problems for final tomorrow
Ah, good luck
Got midterms next week
thanks :)
u2 next week
01:08
Thanks!
01:26
@Daminark Hey :)
@Adeek Good luck Karim
thanks
01:38
What'd've you got going on?
I am solving stuff about flat modules then on Noetherian rings.
Cool! What makes a module flat?
@Daminark If applying tensor product always induces for any SES an SES when tensored
or equaivalently
M is exact if whenever $N_1 \rightarrow N_2$ embedds onto $N_2$ then tensor with M is also injective.
Sounds pretty neat
yeah it is
01:54
What classes are you gonna be doing next term?
don't know yet
hopefully something geometric + something algebraic
+ research
Ah, sounds fun
Algebraic geometry?
yeah or maybe more like differential geometry
@Daminark If more differential geometry and algebraic geometry is offered then I will take both
Nice
02:11
Hello all, when it is said that a series $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}a_n$ converges absolutely to $a$,

Does it mean that $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}|a_n|$ converges and $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}a_n = a$ ?
I parse that as saying $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} |a_n| = a$
i have a theorem that says if $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}a_n$ converges absolutely to $a$ and $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}b_n$ converges absolutely to $b$, then $\sum_{i=1}^{\infty}\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}a_i b_j = ab$
02:25
hey @daminark sorry I didn't reply. I fell asleep watching hockey.
02:38
what is the easiest way to show that a graph does not have hamiltonian circuit ?
@Daminark someone replied to the question on main, its the other definition
It's a shortened combination of "∑∞i=1an∑i=1∞an converges absolutely" and "∑∞i=1an∑i=1∞an converges to aa".
02:56
Lol it's fine @Dodsy
And @Little I see
:)
03:28
hi @TedShifrin
03:47
Ted
you're up late.
@TedShifrin I'm going to watch your lectures, I totally forgot you mentioned you had them up online!
I love how you tell students "I don't like that"
I'm in CA — hardly late !
Hi @Kasmir
@TedShifrin Nice what are you doing in cali ? =p
Nothing.
Okay =p my exam on complex analysis went really well
We get the results on 25 th =p
Oh, well, I hope you're right.
03:55
btw Ted how can we tell if a graph is not hamiltonian just by looking at it?
I don't know graph theory.
Okay thanks anyway :)
Ted, I feel like when we talk online I have no idea what you're talking about. But when I'm watching this lecture I feel like everything you say makes perfect sense. ;)
One of you is fooled? :)
I find it strange that in my calculus courses coordinates were written (x,y)
03:59
my comment got deleted from n-category cafe :/
That's standard, Nate.
Was it decaffeinated, tern?
oh but in your lecture it says that the coordinates of vector x are written as [x1 x2]
but they're written horizonally.
vertically..
my dad doesn't know his rights from his lefts and I don't know my horizontals from my verticals..
Right, for reasons that become clear later ....
oh okay
:)
What are you doing in california?
accepting some prize?
:D
I moved here almost 2 yrs ago?
04:05
Oh wow, I'm an idiot.
rolls 5 eyes
rolls 50 eyes
Wow, and @Balarka missed it!
How long do you think you should take to read a math textbook? How many hours should go into absorbing the information from a technical text?
Like if I bought your multivariable textbook.
You have to read with lots of paper and pencil and work things out step by step for yourself. Not to mention exercises ....
04:09
as long as it takes to get as much as you want/need...
....
ellipses
@PaulPlummer I don't think that's necessarily a good way of looking at a subject.
What way?
That you should only learn what you think you want or need and discard the rest.
So learn everything? Good luck with that
Well, no.
But it's still a strange way to look at techniques for self studying.
Like if you get a textbook for your class on calculus are you only going to open it to find the homework problems your teacher told you to do?
04:14
Well if you stop wanting to learn diff geo, or multivariable calc, why would you still study it? Depends how interested I am in it
I might not even do the homework
alright I'm off guys
cya Ted.
@TedShifrin can I give you few of the questions and my answer to them on the exam we had ?
@TedShifrin so you tell me if i did good or not =p solution is not up yet
04:30
@Dodsy Asking how long should it take to read a textbook isn't exactly a good way to think about learning a subject btw. Why does it matter how long it takes or should take if you actually want to learn it? Learning takes a long times, and has many stages.
Hiiii
I'm looking to learn about Darboux/Riemann!
Just do Lebesgue from the beginning!
Lol jk
Haha. Okay.
Insight is hard!
It very much can be
04:46
Does anyone know how to find the area of a given region?
@Daminark Thank you for understanding, haha
04:59
@BalarkaSen Hello
Hi @Paul
I woke up late today
What time is it?
Hi
I need help with hamiltonian graphs anyone know graph theory ?
Hey @Balarka!
@Kasmir Unfortunately, not yet
05:02
i studied a lil' hamiltonian
Is there an easy way to find out that a graph dont have hamiltonian circuit?
@PaulP About 10:30
Hi, @Daminark.
@KasmirKhaan noooope
@arctictern did you stick to the n point of view?
Have you seen McShanes Identity? @BalarkaSen
05:17
I haven't. That's pretty interesting!
It has been used to calculate the volume of moduli space of the punctured torus
Looks a lot like Selberg's zeta function (analogue for Riemann zeta for hyperbolic surfaces)
You can puncture a torus?
Woahhhh
Well poke a hole
or remove a point
05:25
hi @AlessandroCodenotti
Hi @Alessandro
Thinking about anything cool @BalarkaSen
I should be learning Morse theory of foliations but I am procrastinating.
Hey @Alessandro!
05:34
@PaulPlummer Learn't Thurston's theorem that any 2-plane distribution on a 3-manifold can be homotoped to an integrable distribution. The proof is a little bizarre, but interesting.
That does sound cool. Is it looking at space of foliations and figuring out how to do morse theory on that space or is it like a morse function where you are constant on leafs, or something else...
or is this the theory where you don't require critical points, but weaken to "critical submanifolds"
It's like Morse theory but with leaves of the foliation, yeah. So for usual Morse theory you'd foliate by the preimage of the Morse function.
(The second comment about Thurston's thing is disjoint from this though)
Construct a simple graph with vertices {A, B, C, D, E} that has an Euler trail, the degree of A is 1 and the degree of B is 3.
What is the edge set?
Anyone know how to answer this ?
06:27
@KasmirKhaan A graph is eulerian if it has at most two odd vertices (A and B), so it ought to look a bit like this. imgur.com/a/Nwo85
Im not sure what an edge set is though
@TimTheEnchanter thank you :)
Edge set is just naming those example if you have an edge from vextex a to b you put (a,b) , (b,c ) ect =p
Ah well, I've always been one for the pictures.
Its just a way to work on computer =p easiar to put them in edge set notation =p
 
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08:57
@PaulPlummer You're clearly one of those types of people who believes he is the smartest person in the room. I believed at the time that my question was a good question, as I do now. I was asking Ted how long it generally takes to study through a text book. You believe it is a stupid question, and good for you. I thought your answer was stupid. You're entitled to your opinion, but I did not expect to be belittled for my question. As I'm sure you didn't expect to be belittled for your answer.
09:25
@Dodsy I don't think Paul belittled you for your question, neither can I see where he called your question stupid. I agree with Paul's answer, and I believe anyone in this room would agree with his answer to some proportions. On the other hand, you are the one who's attacking him personally.
09:39
@Dodsy Seconding this ^. And, about your question: different people study a book in (vastly) different ways. Some people write down a lot and some don't; some people feel the need to make way more exercises than others; some people just need more time to grasp something; etc. I don't think there is a meaningful way to assign a length of time to this process of learning.
In my opinion, it is more meaningful to study some chapter at your own pace, in your own way; and then pick some exercises and ask yourself: "If I understand this chapter, can I solve this exercise, and how long should it take me?".
It also kinda depend on the textbooks, there are some that would require me various years for sure
I'm trying to prove that If $w= z^2 + az + b $ and $\forall z \in \mathbb C , |z|=1 \implies |w|=1$, then $a=0, b=0$ or $w=z^2$. I have a geometric argument, $w= z^2 + az + b $ comprises of a linear shift by $a/2$, squaring, and a linear shift by $b - \frac{a^2}{4}$. I'm pretty sure as squaring a circle in the complex plane deforms the circle so as to render it impossible to map onto the unit circle at origin, so $a=0$ from which $b=0$ follows.
I'm not sure how to make it rigorous.
Also $a,b \in \mathbb C$
Any help would be appreciated
 
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Question: You are given an urn with a unknown (finite) number $N$ of balls in it, each of which is a different color. You can sample $4$ unique balls from this urn and replace them. How can you determine, with at least $0.999$ (or even better, $1-\epsilon$) probability, whether you have sampled all $N$ balls yet?
 
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@TimTheEnchanter I'm not sure this method would work or would be easier, but my first attempt would be as follows. There are $4$ real unknowns: the real and imaginary parts of $a$ and $b$ - hence we could try to get $4$ equations. So take $z = 1, -1, i$ and $-i$, and use those to find the unknowns
vin
vin
Hi, are graph theory books from mid sixties to mid eighties still relevant? By studying from them would I be wasting time on trivial or superseded concepts? There are some known classics available at low price, so want to know if they are worth buying.
Hello. Here is a problem I am working on: Let K > 0 and f : R -> R be a function satisfying |f(x)-f(y)| \le K|x-y| for all x,y \in R. show that f is continuous at every point c in R. So, with respect to the definition of continuity, wouldn't choosing d = e/K work to show f is continuous?
Where d and e are obviously taken to be delta and epsilon, respectively.
12:40
Is $-lim inf = lim sup$ ?
Hey all =)
Hey all =}
How is it going? ^^
@BAYMAX You may want to mention for which $f$ you're asking this
And which limit you're taking
But in general: of course not. Let $f$ be constant $1$, for example
oh
non negative functions g and $f_{n}$
$|f_{n}| \leq g$
for all n
then this equality
Lim iinf $\int [g-f_{n}] dx = \int g dx - limsup\int f_{n}dx$
@SteamyRoot
I think it applied liminf$\int f_{n} \leq$ limsup $\int f_{n}$ ?
13:02
Last night dream: Unknown BEAF stuff
Evening nap dream in the car: Measuring a dream's creativity by the status of the city is being built
Short nap because too tired when arriving home, dream: Solving the BEAF expression: 3}}}}}}}}}$\cdots$ }}}}} and seeing weird arrays $\{a \& b () a^m \& b \cdots\}$ where the first one is ordinary and the other one is Legion. Dream is hinting about a cantor normal form analogue of BEAF expressions
@Dodsy I didn't mean to come off like that and it looks like @SteamyRoot expands on some of my thoughts on it. I believe you have an honest question but at the end of the day I don't think any answer would be meaningful or satisfy what you "actually wanted".
Maybe you did just want Ted to say 800 hours or something, but I don't think he would ever say something like that because he knows that is not how learning works. And if you look back at his response it does basically say "as long as it takes". I actually think it can be discouraging to set up these time limits, because what happens if you are over, and by a lot?
Would someone mind taking a look at my problem? Let K > 0 and f : R -> R be a function satisfying |f(x)-f(y)| \le K|x-y| for all x,y \in R. show that f is continuous at every point c in R. So, with respect to the definition of continuity, wouldn't choosing d = e/K work to show f is continuous? Where d and e are obviously taken to be delta and epsilon, respectively.
Hi @PaulPlummer
@BalarkaSen Hi
How to put a bar below something in LaTeX ?
$\bar{x}$
$\underline{x}$
13:15
underline?
nice,steamy!
hi chat
what is the criteria for bipartite graphs ?
13:33
If a function is montonically increasing does the derivative aways exist?
@BAYMAX Is it continous?
suppose in closed interval $[a,b]$
yes
@user193319 Yes, this is the standard proof that Lipschitz continous functions are also continous.
perhaps you meant BAYMAX.
No, this message was in fact targeted at 193319.
13:35
ok
@BAYMAX I think so.
derivatives don't exists at cusps at e.g. broken line increasing functions?
Yep, you are right. My bad.
yup,that is nice one there!
13:50
more extremely, I wonder if it is possible to have a monotonically increasing weistrass looking function such that it is nowhere differentiable
I heard some theorem like it can be non differentiable at countably many points
Construct a simple graph that is a tree with vertices {P, Q, R, S, T, U} such that the degree of P is 5.
Anyone can give me a hint?
15
Q: Monotone+continuous but not differentiable

t.kIs there a continuous and monotone function that's nowhere differentiable ?

It appears countably many non-differentiable points is the limit
In mathematics, the Cantor function is an example of a function that is continuous, but not absolutely continuous. It is also referred to as the Cantor ternary function, the Lebesgue function, Lebesgue's singular function, the Cantor-Vitali function, the Devil's staircase, the Cantor staircase function, and the Cantor-Lebesgue function. Georg Cantor (1884) introduced the Cantor function and mentioned that Scheeffer pointed out that it was a counterexample to an extension of the fundamental theorem of calculus claimed by Harnack. The Cantor function was discussed and popularized by Scheeffer (1884...
The density of rationals sure do weird things
Yes,Mystery areas of mathematics.
In the answer you gave link it says we dont even require continuity
of the function
and In your construction the points where sharp edges are there they are countable in number and hence they form a countable set and of whosemeasure is zero@Secret
so incresing functions are differentiable except set of points of measure zero
or increasing functions are differentiable almost everywhere.
So Cantor function is differentiable.
?
A continuous, non-constant, differentiable function whose derivative is zero everywhere except on a set of Lebesgue measure zero.
well, each bit that is not the cantor set is a horizontal line, thus its derivative is going to be zero everywhere except at the cantor set
I don't understand what most of these are, except they are pretty
14:07
Yeah I think they give colour to some meaning , those are pretty :)
Mathematics is pretty :)
I want to save the links for future but I always miss them any idea?
I bookmark a lot i dont want that though
I don't know if there is a way besides using the chat bookmarking feature or copying all links and put them in some folder
yup nice one
14:26
Hi chat
how to construct a bipartite graph that is NOT a tree
@Secret Nifty
@SimplyBeautifulArt Hi simply ,how are things with you site and big numbers?
@KasmirKhaan Normal? I'm learning how to put weakly inaccessibly cardinals inside ordinal collapsing functions.
@SimplyBeautifulArt nice i joined your site btw but did not understand how to use it yet =p just chatted a bit
14:29
For Growing functions (I have no interest in finitely large numbers by themselves (no matter how big they are), but I do have interest in anything infinite) : Currently trying to understand BEAF before moving back to ordinal collapse function problem that simple gave me
@SimplyBeautifulArt do you know graph theory ? =p
@KasmirKhaan Who are you though?
@SimplyBeautifulArt Jack ohara there =p
@Secret :P But computable ordinals -> fast growing hierarchy -> large finite numbers
@KasmirKhaan Not really :-(
@SimplyBeautifulArt well you should learn that when you done with ur big numbers
14:31
@KasmirKhaan For what purposes? SCG functions?
@SimplyBeautifulArt Fast growing hierarchy is ok. I am interested in the recursive properties, levels and limits of the growing functions, more than the actual numbers themselves
@SimplyBeautifulArt just beautiful subject
Is there any moderator
because these "fixed points" give me a more geometric feeling of these functions and their growth
@Secret You can approximate most of BEAF well using FGH
@KasmirKhaan okay
@Koolman They are always watching, even if you don't see them
14:32
@Koolman @DanielFischer is one and there is a chat room which moderators hang out in
@SimplyBeautifulArt how
@Secret You think fixed points are nice? IMO, I am liking how the ordinal collapsing function works :P
@Koolman They read the transcript! :P
@SimplyBeautifulArt The fixed points give me an idea which growth level (what I previously called Tiers) I am in
The ordinal collapsing function may also help on that, but I still need to understand it
Overall, the limit ordinals are the ones I am most interested, because they are the ones where weird things started to happen
And I like anything weird
@Secret Ordinal collapsing functions will allow you to describe fixed points in very compact algebraic formats
14:37
I also need to learn to stop seeing that $\psi_{\beta}(\alpha)$ thing in the $C_{\beta}(\alpha)_n$ as a veblen function though, cause I realise that's how most of my previous mistakes with the collapsing function arises
Hehe
If I may...
$\psi_0(\alpha)=\varepsilon_\alpha;\alpha<\zeta_0$
$\psi_0(\Omega(1+\alpha)+\beta)=\varepsilon_{\zeta_\alpha+\beta}$
$\psi(\Omega^2(1+\alpha_0)+\Omega(1+\alpha_1)+\alpha_2) = \varphi_1(\varphi_2(\varphi_3(\alpha_0)+\alpha_1)+1+\alpha_2)$
A much more compact format:
$\psi_0(0)=\varepsilon_0$
$\psi_0(\Omega)=\varphi_2(0)$
$\psi_0(\Omega^\alpha)=\varphi_{1+\alpha}(0)$
Construct a connected bipartite graph that is not a tree with vertices {D, E, F, G, H, I, J}
any ideas guys?
@Secret It goes further to the multiple argument Veblen function when you take $\psi_0(\Omega^{P(\Omega)})$ where $P$ is a polynomial with exponents less than $\omega$. It easily extends further to the transfinitely many arguments Veblen function as well, and then it leaves the Veblen function altogether.
sdf
sdf
Does anyone know what a push-out of a short exact sequence is? Or where I may find a definition of same?
I see, that's good because the veblen function is so arcane confusing thus I am going to focus on ordinal collapsing
14:46
@Secret For the most part, you just need to be comfortable with cantor normal form
@SimplyBeautifulArt That actually reminds of vectors, imagine those $\omega^{\alpha_i}$ as basis vectors and the coefficients that stick to them as vector components
I am not sure how strong this parallel though
(I am comfortable with anything that look like a matrix, because I think faster vertically than horizontally. This is a reverse of my dream-self)
Lol
@Secret then what of $\psi_0(\Omega^{\Omega^\Omega})$?
($\Omega=\omega_1$ for short)
Uh... actually, I have not read up in detail yet on how to solve for the coefficients in cantor normal form. I only know what it looks like
....If cantor normal form do work like vectors, then the coefficient of $\omega_1^{\omega_1^{\omega_1}}={}^3\omega_1$ has to be 1 and all other terms zero?
15:02
What do you mean? I can tell you that is the large veblen ordinal when you put it in the ordinal collapsing function
For any ordinal $\lambda$ its cantor normal form will look like $\lambda=\omega^{\alpha_1}c_1+\omega^{\alpha_2}c_2 + \cdots +\omega^{\alpha_k}c_k$, and this is what I read so far atm
and $\alpha_i > \alpha_{i+1},\forall i \in \Bbb{N}$
If $\dfrac{c^2}{1+m^2}<r^2$ then straight line given by $y=mx+c$ meets circle in how many point?
I think it should be "does not occur or touch circle"
@Secret ah, I see what you were saying
But it is given it meets the circle in two distinct point.
So naively, it does look like a vector expansion wrt a basis
15:06
Hi @sim @Secret
@Secret then what of $\psi_0(\omega_\omega)$? :-)
$\psi_0(\omega_{\omega})$ is the first element that is not in $C_0(\omega_{\omega})$

$\omega_{\omega}=(I am still reading how to evaluate the $c_i$)$
Spent a long time writing an answert involving drawing a complex image in latex, 1 upvote. Suvch is life I guess lol :p
Nvm it was multiplied by $-$ and sign changed
15:17
@N3buchadnezzar lol, yet I do paint in three minutes for trig problems and get upvotes fast if I do it right
@SimplyBeautifulArt It's art man
hey @SimplyBeautifulArt hows it going?
@TheGreatDuck large
i don't get it.
Lol, it's okay mate
@TheGreatDuck ...who are you...?
what kind of a question is that?
15:38
Hm... Okay rhen
Then*
@SimplyBeautifulArt I want an opinion. If you want to define a multivalued function, would it be appropriate to define it via a solution set or a system of equations?
@TheGreatDuck wait, I have a question. How has your study on fractional calculus been?
meh
i kind of gave up on it
the honors class I was in was going to have us to do this whole mock thesis proposal thing and I was going to do a lot of research, but between that assignment being flat out cancelled due to time constraints for the class and me not having enough time to study frivolous things I gave up on it for now.
15:42
Aw, sucks
I feel like giving up on a couple of things right now too
So busy
plus, too many of the functions were unfamiliar so it would pointless for me to try using it for anything. atm, I'm more dedicated to the number theory stuff in the proofing class
@TheGreatDuck =P did you solve y = y' ln(y')?
i think it might have something to do with the product integral but i am not too certain of it
I actually have no clue what the solution is. Just thought you'd be interested
might not be solvable.
it definitely looks like beyond most methods
15:45
Yeah, that's what I thought
laplace transform might work partially but it would end up hitting a roadblock when solving for Y(s)
i hate lalplace transform with a fervor
at least, when it is used egregiously for trivial things like step functions
Lol
That's how you roll
well I'm also a CS major
*coughs because I can't even*
efficiency is absolute
15:47
@SimplyBeautifulArt. Actually, I have a question about the fast growing hierarchy. Why define e.g. $f_{\omega}(n)=f_{\omega [n]}(n)$

We knew that $f_k(n)=f_{k-1}^n(n)$

Now since $\omega=sup(\{0,1,2,3,\dots\})$
Then naively $f_{\omega}(n)=sup(\{f_0^n(n),f_1^n(n),f_2^n(n),\dots\})$

Why choose the nth term of this sequence?
I can imagine @TheGreatDuck
@Secret simplicity
@SimplyBeautifulArt granted, there is also case inefficiency (I made up that term) where the sheer number of different cases to handle in and of itself produces inefficiency.
you ever do programming?
Only with the size of outputs in consideration
Almost contrary to efficiency
15:54
efficiency is memory and speed
Mhm...my programs basically need infinite memory and time
@TheGreatDuck say, did you get on Discord?
Uh...
$\omega_1=\sup (\textrm{all countable, i.e. all expressions of $\omega$})$
$\omega_2 =\sup (\textrm{all expressions of $\omega_1$})$
$\omega_n=\sup (\textrm{all expressions of $\omega_{n-1}$})$

None of these are expressible in terms of any ordinals lower than itself,. In addition, they are all epsilon numbers, thus their cantor normal form: $\omega_{\alpha}=\omega^{\omega_{\alpha}}$ i.e. itself
@TheGreatDuck efficiency for me is the size of my program
@Secret mhm?
@SimplyBeautifulArt no i haven't gotten on discord. Is that the chat you were referring to back on puzzling?
@robjohn hello. How's it going?
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