The theory is great. I couldn't do a single calculation in it, ever. Worst exam I ever sat.https://twitter.com/MathPrinceps/status/1032811917478227969 …
-
Show this thread
-
Replying to @DrEugeniaCheng
Oh, my. The representation theorists are jumping out of nowhere! Let us not forget flag varieties!
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @meangrape
I can't forget them because I've never known what they are! [NB that is not a request to explain. I just read the Wikipedia page to see what they are. I've already forgotten. Omg the progression in this tweet!]
2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
Replying to @DrEugeniaCheng @meangrape
Flag varieties are cool things, actually. I first encountered them in the solution to the Helmholtz-Lie space problem, which aims to explain why distances must be computed as square roots of sums of squares (rather than as, say, fourth roots of sums of fourth powers.)
9:15 PM - 23 Aug 2018
0 replies
0 retweets
1 like
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.