@St_Rev Any thoughts on the quest for schemes over the "field with one element" as an attempt to solve the Riemann hypothesis?
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@Magic_of_expect My dissertation was in characteristic p and I know just enough algebraic geometry to know what a scheme is if I squint but
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@Magic_of_expect ...I don't really have any grasp of what a zeta function is or why you'd care about its zeroes.
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@St_Rev what is the difference between x and y statistically -
@InstantOfTime They're just names. So: What is the difference between Alice and Betty? Depends on which Alice and Betty you mean. -
@St_Rev Statistically there might be some recurring themes in Alices and Betties -
@InstantOfTime Yeah but that's no longer a *math* question. -
@St_Rev Maybe there is a pattern, in math, in what we name x and what we name y, but yes it's not really about math.
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@St_Rev I am close to innumerate. I've forgotten all the advanced math I once learned. What's a good way to become proficient? -
@ContentOfMedia Pick up a pencil. But also remember that mathematical knowledge is infinite and life is finite. -
@St_Rev A: Two standard deviations better at understanding numerical facts. Goal 1: Understand what A means. Goal 2: Become A. -
@ContentOfMedia Khan Academy. -
@St_Rev Now why didn't I think of that?
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@St_Rev How can I motivate myself to study math after work when I'm tired? Oops that's about productivity, not math :-( -
@niftierideology I know NOTHING about productivity, I'm afraid. -
@St_Rev How much math should one be able to do in one's head, and how quickly? -
@niftierideology Most people get around OK with zero. -
@St_Rev What's the best philosophy of math? -
@niftierideology@St_Rev in-re structuralism within a broader framework of at-least methodological naturalism, obviously
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@St_Rev is it possible for a person whose IQ is only 140 to understand category theory? -
@ngvrnd Definitely. http://category-theory.mitpress.mit.edu/index.html looks interesting--database implementations as categories!
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