samasblack

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First Proof(arxiv.org)
186 points by samasblack 8mo ago|122 comments
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by samasblack 8mo ago
https://1stproof.org/#about
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by samasblack 11mo ago
You are observing the evaluation map ev_p: C(M, R) -> R, ev_p(f) = f(p), is a ring homomorphism. In that spirit, you might find this Terry Tao article on the Yondea lemma interesting: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2023&#
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by samasblack 5y ago
My heart goes out to all the math students who were frantically texing their problem sets last minute
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by samasblack 5y ago
Richard Borcherds, a Fields medalist, has been putting out great math content on YouTube for the past year and a half ( https://youtube.com/channel/UCIyDqfi_cbkp-RU20aBF-MQ ). He even has lecture courses on a variety of
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Gell-Mann amnesia and its opposite(johndcook.com)
2 points by samasblack 5y ago|0 comments
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by samasblack 6y ago
I like the way the Functional Programming HOWTO in the Python docs ( https://docs.python.org/3/howto/functional.html#small-functi... ) puts it: Fredrik Lundh once suggested the following set of rules for refacto
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by samasblack 7y ago
Alex Wright recently wrote a nice mathematical exposition on some of her work relating to Riemann surfaces, targeted at "a broad audience of non-experts." https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.01753
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by samasblack 7y ago
Another great explanatory paper written for a broad audience is http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alexmw/BilliardsToModuli.pdf
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by samasblack 8y ago
A nice foundational textbook to start with is Michael Spivak's text "Calculus." This text is fairly conversational, it motivates its concepts well with many examples, and it will help you build a strong foundation in writing
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Lessons I Wish I Had Been Taught (1996) [pdf](math.tamu.edu)
249 points by samasblack 9y ago|28 comments