lol i was gonna say, i just search for 'grothendieck' and then
j. wrote this on thread ℝolliℵg M∀th Thr∑a∂ on board I Love Everything on Jun 30, 2014every time i want to find this thread i just search for 'grothendieck'
every time i want to find this thread i just search for 'grothendieck'
O_0 i think this is the start of something
― j., Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
Has the Grothendieck prime come up on this thread yet?
― Visions of Mojo Hannah (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:49 (nine years ago) link
What is relation between sheaf and tangent bundle? Aka How do I shot sheaf?
― The Wu-Tang Declan (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 31 August 2014 21:50 (nine years ago) link
ack. the general notion of a sheaf i understand only through general abstract nonsense. a tangent bundle involves differential geometry or generalized smooth spaces or something, which gets dangerously close to actual numbers and spaces. i'm of no help there.
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Monday, 1 September 2014 00:27 (nine years ago) link
You toss it iirc
http://www.heideland-games.de/files/12-06-30_strohsackhochwurf3.jpg
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Monday, 1 September 2014 00:34 (nine years ago) link
pictured: mirror universe in orbit
― Spirit of Match Game '76 (silby), Monday, 1 September 2014 01:10 (nine years ago) link
Sterling, you got some phase planing to do!
― The Wu-Tang Declan (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 September 2014 01:12 (nine years ago) link
Sorry
― The Wu-Tang Declan (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 September 2014 01:13 (nine years ago) link
http://cdni.wired.co.uk/674x281/g_j/Issey_1.jpg
― Who Makes the Paparazzis? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 6 September 2014 11:55 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ7_fFABc9s
― Who Makes the Paparazzis? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 6 September 2014 15:45 (nine years ago) link
― The Wu-Tang Declan (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, August 31, 2014 9:12 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
by this you mean you want me to explain my phrases more clearly?
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 04:33 (nine years ago) link
No, just making a bad joke.
― Good Time Charlie Don't Surf (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 19:21 (nine years ago) link
this is 100% a stupid question but still.
I used to be really good at maths in school, didn't carry it on to university, but recently I've got the urge to take it up again. I play a lot of numerical puzzles and things but I really want to do problems and spend time trying to work things out again. Yeah, I know that's embarrassing. Anyway, are there such things as maths books for adults that you can buy that have problems and examples etc or would I just be better off picking up secondary school books?
― gyac, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 19:56 (nine years ago) link
Yes! I recommend Strogatz's books:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0544105850/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1535523722&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0691150389&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=17CZ8R5ZTVM1NJ77SRYC
A terrific introduction to mathematics. It starts with arithmetic and ends with calculus and abstract algebra. His writing is terrific, regardless of subject.
http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Friendship-Teacher-Student-Corresponding/dp/0691150389/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1410292988&sr=1-1&keywords=calculus+of+friendship
Is also very good. The problems within illustrate the usefulness of calculus.
Textbooks are trickier. Are you familiar with algebra or trigonometry?
― Allen (etaeoe), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 20:05 (nine years ago) link
Yes, both. Trigonometry was actually one of my favourite parts of the course. I'm really more after textbooks rather than books on the topic, but thank you for the recommendations.
― gyac, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 20:17 (nine years ago) link
Word. I love http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-4th-Michael-Spivak/dp/0914098918. Take it slow. :D
― Allen (etaeoe), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
Whiplash of nostalgia on seeing the book front on Amazon, though mine must've been an earlier edition (as it was 20+ years ago).
Just this weekend got back into redoing my Masters from that time, which was in algorithmics so a few levels below sterling's. But so satisfying to work out an equation for "What are the points equidistant to these two points and this line", and see an set of clattering clauses snap into a simpler form.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:15 (nine years ago) link
Only have little Spivak.
― Good Time Charlie Don't Surf (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:51 (nine years ago) link
You know, Calculus on Manifolds
― Santiniketan Go Straight To The Ghat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:53 (nine years ago) link
I actually ended up folding and buying an advanced secondary school maths book BUT I have wishlisted that recommendation for later, I don't want to get into it and find I can't do any of it and then get discouraged...so thank you for the rec, much appreciated!
― gyac, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
yeah I have discouraged myself on various occasions since graduating trying to sit down and do random math problems from The Art of Computer Programming almost completely cold.
― Spirit of Match Game '76 (silby), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 20:57 (nine years ago) link
TAOCP is my favorite non-analysis analysis textbook. Concrete Mathematics has some fun problems too.
― Allen (etaeoe), Thursday, 11 September 2014 16:52 (nine years ago) link
Song about topology:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chh78JcKfoA
― Colossal Propellerhead (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 September 2014 01:33 (nine years ago) link
gyac, if you have a good university bookstore or used bookstore in a college area around, you might browse through their dover books selection and see if there's anything to your liking on a given topic. many dover books are old textbooks picked up and reprinted by the publisher, and there are several that try to be inviting in among the fairly hard-nosed coursebooks (especially considering that older textbooks were a lot less hand-holdy).
― j., Sunday, 14 September 2014 02:01 (nine years ago) link
^^^otm
― Colossal Propellerhead (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 September 2014 13:03 (nine years ago) link
Think even B&N has some Dover books on the shelves. Used to actually be a Dover bookstore in an office building on Lower Broadway. You could just go to the virtual store: http://store.doverpublications.com/
In addition to the maths book you might also want to pick up http://store.doverpublications.com/0486783405.html
― Colossal Propellerhead (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 September 2014 13:12 (nine years ago) link
Hello dere
― Code Money Changes Everything (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 September 2014 22:47 (nine years ago) link
spent the evening perusing the works of shinichi mochizuki
http://cdn.tokyotimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/abc-conjecture-300x2001.jpg
― the late great, Saturday, 20 September 2014 07:18 (nine years ago) link
http://www.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org/de/laureate/alexander-grothendieck/
dudes
― j., Sunday, 21 September 2014 14:30 (nine years ago) link
Wow.
But what about his prime?
― Code Money Changes Everything (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 21 September 2014 15:22 (nine years ago) link
Who Is Alexander Grothendieck?
― Code Money Changes Everything (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 21 September 2014 15:25 (nine years ago) link
^must read
― Code Money Changes Everything (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 21 September 2014 15:29 (nine years ago) link
Also: http://www.ams.org/notices/200409/fea-grothendieck-part1.pdf
http://www.kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~motizuki/top-english.html
http://projectwordsworth.com/the-paradox-of-the-proof/
^^ more than a year old, sorry
― the late great, Sunday, 21 September 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link
Interesting.
Keep meaning to post this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chh78JcKfoA
― Dear Catastrophe Theory Waitress (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 September 2014 01:31 (nine years ago) link
Here are two Dover books I found quite useful and readable:
Advanced Calculus, by David V. WidderIntroduction to Partial Differential Equations with Applications, by E. C. Zachmanoglou, Dale W. ThoeMathematics of Classical and Quantum Physics by Frederick W. Byron, Jr. and Robert W. Fuller
And here are some Springer-Verlag Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics that I found readable and useful:Finite-Dimensional Vector Spaces, by Paul R. HalmosLinear Algebra: An Introduction to Abstract Mathematics, by Robert J. ValenzaGroups and Symmetry, by M.A. ArmstrongBasic Topology, by M.A. Armstrong
― Dear Catastrophe Theory Waitress (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 September 2014 14:06 (nine years ago) link
Add to the latter listTransformation Geometry: An Introduction to Symmetry, by George E. Martin
Wow, I guess these Springer Undergraduate books cost almost twice as much as when I bought them. Guess I shouldn't be surprised.
― Dear Catastrophe Theory Waitress (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 September 2014 14:13 (nine years ago) link
Much discussion about whether this is actually a 2014 photo of Grothendieck but general feeling seems to be yes:
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 27 September 2014 14:17 (nine years ago) link
Is he going to be part of an upcoming Os Mutantes reunion in that getup?
― Dear Catastrophe Theory Waitress (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 September 2014 14:23 (nine years ago) link
Oh, I get it, those are his monastic vestments.
someone explain the monty hall problem to me please. i just read this
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.monty.hall.html
and it SORT of made sense, but at the bottom the guy gives an example of a 1000-door problem, saying that if monty shows 998 goats, your chance of finding the car out of the final 2 doors is 999/1000 if you switch. this just seems like it cannot be right. doesn't that assume that monty has no knowledge of where the car is?
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 1 October 2014 03:05 (nine years ago) link
wait i think i get it now
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 1 October 2014 03:21 (nine years ago) link
Monty does know.
― The "5" Astronomer Royales (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 03:25 (nine years ago) link
it's not a 50/50 at the end because you still have the 1/1000 chance of guessing right originally. since the host shows you 998 goats, the remaining door HAS to have the car if you didn't guess right at the beginning. and the odds of you not guessing right at the beginning are 999/1000
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 1 October 2014 03:26 (nine years ago) link
that was fun
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 1 October 2014 03:30 (nine years ago) link
You got it
― The "5" Astronomer Royales (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 03:47 (nine years ago) link
I just tried to write out a game-theoretic interpretation, and then I tried to apply Bayes' theorem, but I got stuck on both of those.
― Spirit of Match Game '76 (silby), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 04:04 (nine years ago) link
but yeah rly the answer is "because Bayes' theorem is true"
you got it anyway though, hooray!
monty hall is deep and subtle
― the late great, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 04:05 (nine years ago) link