Mathematics

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Sep 20, 2018 08:28
Looks like I was late to the Atiyah fiasco
Aug 6, 2018 01:43
I have made it my mission in life to call people out when they confuse vectors with bivectors. The magnetic field is a bivector field!
Aug 6, 2018 01:40
Complex numbers aren't just vectors. They are multivectors (scalars + bivectors in particular), equipped with the geometric product.
Aug 5, 2018 23:04
depending on which proof you are alluding to, they all reference some analytic formulas that can be checked when you know them, but not really possible to discover by yourself.
Aug 5, 2018 22:58
if you mean magical elegant formulas that fall from the sky, sure
Aug 5, 2018 22:55
is there a proof of the prime number theorem which is conceptually elegant, or is that impossible?
Aug 4, 2018 07:59
nah. Probably because everything looks white and sterile
Aug 4, 2018 07:52
take care then. Students think my math department building looks like an asylum.
Aug 4, 2018 07:50
and why are you typing out all the Latex?
Aug 4, 2018 02:26
it is not something that can be done with a hobbyist's time
Aug 4, 2018 02:26
you might want to major in maths. Because the rabbit hole is deep.
Aug 4, 2018 01:53
homotopy theory. Also known as algebraic topology.
Aug 3, 2018 15:38
......
Aug 3, 2018 15:35
yeah, I think you lose half the class if you use the word "smash"
Aug 3, 2018 15:29
Just ignore the previous paragraph
Aug 3, 2018 15:27
yes, please read
Aug 3, 2018 15:26
outer semidirect products exist on the same page
Aug 3, 2018 15:25
have you tried wikipedia or any book on group theory?
Aug 3, 2018 15:12
as I predicted, now it turns into a hot mess of different notations
Aug 3, 2018 15:00
god help us if students are confused about changing bases
Aug 3, 2018 14:59
My chief feelings about linear algebra and diff geo questions regarding basis are that they are always trivial but take forever to explain, since people just write and think differently
Aug 3, 2018 14:18
A crank is a person who wants to know science without making the effort to learn science.
Aug 3, 2018 14:17
I know that terrible feeling.
Aug 3, 2018 12:40
Peter May says that if $A \to X$ is a cofibration, then $B^X \to B^A$ is a fibration. But nowhere does he prove the latter map is surjective. That would be another extension theorem (like Tietze).
Aug 3, 2018 12:38
does a (Hurewicz) fibration, as in Peter May's Concise Algebraic Topology, have to be surjective?
Aug 2, 2018 05:26
I'd like to think mathematicians are smart enough to understand the lack of value in a symbolic medal, and whoever travels there is not poor enough to try. But I have not underestimated people's stupidity since 2 years ago.
Aug 2, 2018 05:15
perhaps mathematicians are so used to being poor that they didn't think any bloke would feel poorer and try to rob them
Aug 2, 2018 05:14
not joking since I'm traveling outside the US
Aug 2, 2018 05:13
I see. I just woke up.
Aug 2, 2018 05:06
Apparently Birkar's Fields medal got stolen
Aug 1, 2018 12:47
who won?
Aug 1, 2018 12:46
the video is getting pretty cheesy
Aug 1, 2018 12:35
I'd call it the fundamental theorem of differential geometry
Aug 1, 2018 12:34
@JannikPitt: they are equivalent
Aug 1, 2018 11:00
yupe. Magical formula exists.
Aug 1, 2018 11:00
we can define the extension explicitly in the Lipschitz case, though the formula is kinda magical
Aug 1, 2018 10:59
see variations
Aug 1, 2018 10:59
In topology, the Tietze extension theorem (also known as the Tietze–Urysohn–Brouwer extension theorem) states that continuous functions on a closed subset of a normal topological space can be extended to the entire space, preserving boundedness if necessary. == Formal statement == If X is a normal topological space and f : A → R {\displaystyle f:A\to \mathbb {R} } is a continuous map from a closed subset A of X into the real numbers carrying the standard topology, then there exists a continuous map ...
Aug 1, 2018 10:59
or for a trivial case: in functional analysis , when A is a dense vector subspace of B and the function is linearly bounded function between Banach spaces
Aug 1, 2018 10:55
@LeakyNun: Either use Tietze theorem or when the function is Lipschitz (in metric spaces)
Aug 1, 2018 10:53
Regarding Neukirch, mathematics requires a person to be an active learner. There are a million things that can not be fully explained, but only worked out. It is frustrating sometimes, but overcoming the challenges and connecting the dots feels worthwhile. It's like playing Dark Souls, if people here understand that reference.
Aug 1, 2018 09:40
"know" means something can be derived from commonly accepted axioms and accepted logical deduction methods. The keyword is "accepted."
Aug 1, 2018 09:38
ah, but that is the darnedest thing. "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."
Aug 1, 2018 09:36
Have you ever been there?
Aug 1, 2018 09:36
well, how do you know mount Everest exists?
Aug 1, 2018 09:33
is there a problem there?
Aug 1, 2018 09:33
one can define topology either by open sets or by closed sets
Jul 30, 2018 11:58
yes
Jul 30, 2018 11:57
including TAship
Jul 30, 2018 11:57
I am under the impression that most math PhDs get financial assistance