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Daniel Litt, in characteristic 2

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FWIW I don’t think this statement is making a claim about mathematical Platonism — read in context I think the (relatively anodyne, even obvious) claim is that the professional aspects

A short thread about how infinitesimally small spaces (called non-reduced schemes) can appear in the real world. We can build them out of ball-and-socket joints and rigid rods. https://twitter.com/ChocoLinkage/status/1266326082061340672 1/n

Thread, lost due to computer crash and recreated: a mysterious connection between number theory (the analytic class number formula) and algebraic topology (the Dold-Thom theorem). 1/n The class number formula

Now that Georgia is reopening its tattoo parlors, I can get a tattoo this Friday (while responsibly social distancing, of course). What tattoo should I get? (For the sarcasm-impaired —