/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11244795
algebraic geometry is a meme
learn french and read EGA obviously
if you're too much of a pussy for that i guess just read hartshorne.

>inb4 le ebic made up measure theory
pseuds
>>10905119
he discovered the modern framework for algebraic geometry, which is at its root the study of solution sets of simultaneous polynomials in several variables.
he is credited with developing categorical tools (ones from category theory) to analyze and generalize these solution sets, often called "varieties," into abstract objects like "schemes" and "sheaves" which combine a variety topological, algebraic, and geometric concepts. these tools are now used all over the place.
basically, he founded a massive portion of modern mathematics.

>>10870205
it looks like shit. physics isn't even science, it's like computer science where it pretends to be math and science but is actually just pseuds masturbating on each other.
i'd recommend this for bedtime reading.

>>10855859
i never said you had to discover the fucking cantor set, lol. i said the first natural question to ask when someone introduces it to you is "how long is it", and in answering this question any freshman will have already created the outer measure. of course they will not go through the painstaking formalism to show it works, but it is anything but a creative idea. coming up with the right definitions is nothing but the result of playing with what you're using for a little bit and seeing what works. sure, you might not capture dirac measures and such the first time, or notions of sigma-finiteness, etcetera. but the general gist of measure theory is extremely intuitive.
i mean come the fuck on dude, measure theory is the obvious foundation for one of the most intuitively accessible types of mathematics, probability. if you go "wow, i know how to compute the probability of an event from a finite set of events... wonder how to do it from an infinite set" you're going to come up with something extremely close to measure theory every time.
stop acting like this is some kind of amazing feat. like i said, there is just so so much more to give grothendieck credit for and the people who give him credit for le epic measure theory meme are people who know very little measure theory.
it's pathetic, stop.
>>10855868
yeah, i'm okay pal. doing just fine.

>>10799241
start reading this brainlet beginner book