serious-discussion

[split oak]

Sage is more of an algebra thing right?

[storm sage]

ah, numerics stuff? that makes sense

[storm sage]

I think so

[verbal karma]

I think I found people use Lean more than Sage

[storm sage]

algebra/number theory

well those are just different things aren't they

[verbal karma]

yeah, but within the department

population who use Sage is really limited compared to Lean. But Matlab is more majority

at least from where I am from

[storm sage]

🤔 I've like never heard of average mathematicians using lean tbh

[verbal karma]

Some CS theorist-Applied Math use that

[storm sage]

cool

CS makes sense

[clear fox]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWZyCqDeB3w&list=PLOBihMA_RkOjVo8GWtdT9Auq33s826t6O&pp=iAQB

[covert oracle]

Didn't know the goat had an American accent as a frenchman

[vast wraith]

what, lol

[clear fox]

The video content though

[vast wraith]

“Topology”

[clear fox]

Algebraic Topology?

[vast wraith]

tfw you read an article on a topic you know nothing about, but you know almost all the authors in the bibliography

in my case rn, some introduction to matroid theory

[left ingot]

Who can gift me robux free?

[peak tide]

i'll send you robux, give me your name, DOB, SSN and bank account number

[left ingot]

😐nty

[whole heart]

Hey guys, is there a good physics discord (or irc/xmpp/matrx/whatever) server that doesn't require you to verify your account with your phone number?

[covert oracle]

Just sayin

But you could create one?

[whole heart]

no one would join

I just want to find a preexisting server

to create a server and have people join your server, you need to offer something of value

im largely just a parasite, I don't have any knowledge to offer

well, I guess not a parasite because people who help me out should be feeling good about it

otherwise they wouldnt help me out

but the point is it's just not going to work

[pulsar finch]

recommended book for linear algebra ? ? if possible not huffman kunze nor anton nor C Lay

[brittle socket]

@fresh comet How's it going? I just had an exam lol

[fresh comet]

good! how was your exam?

[brittle socket]

Not a disaster but not terrific either. Didn't finish the last two questions :/

[fresh comet]

what was the exam on?

[brittle socket]

Economics lol

[fresh comet]

I see

how're you doing besides that?

is the math mathing?

[brittle socket]

Like self-studying wise?

[fresh comet]

mhm

and life in general

[brittle socket]

No, that's temporarily halted because of exams

But I'll get back on it soon

[fresh comet]

how is life

[brittle socket]

Okay I guess. A bit stressful but not too bad

How bout ya? Has anything nice happened recently?

[fresh comet]

I've been doing a whole lot of nothing lately

ig I'm finally done with school entirely though, until Sept

have my driving test in... 2 weeks

hoping I don't bomb it

[brittle socket]

Oh but I went to a certain place for a week, starting from two weeks back. It was a pretty nice experience. But I can't elaborate too much without narrowing myself down a lot lol

[brittle socket]

Same I have totally been very productive preparing for my exams

[fresh comet]

52 Kelvin?

[brittle socket]

Tbh latexing is probably peak productivity for me, I can get very into it

[brittle socket]

Look at the bottom right lol. Milikelvin

The people there were nice

[fresh comet]

very cool!

[brittle socket]

GL ❤️

[fresh comet]

thanks!

[jagged forge]

you people sicken me

with your wholesomeness

disgusting

[verbal karma]

so you want to watch the world burn?

I mean...

[jagged forge]

yes

[fresh comet]

what

why

[jagged forge]

yeah that’s right

i am the enemy of wholesome people everywhere

[fresh comet]

why, wholesome is good! >.<

[jagged forge]

your cries fall on deaf ears

wholesome is BORING

[fresh comet]

would you rather pray on your friend's downfall

[jagged forge]

i have no friends so this is vacuously true

[fresh comet]

okay, but what about users who you're on good terms with

are you praying for my downfall too??

[jagged forge]

i pray that they and i fall into bad terms

[fresh comet]

do you want to make that a reality rn

[graceful flower]

[fresh comet]

we can burn our bridges

fr

[jagged forge]

yeah

yo momma ugly

[fresh comet]

[jagged forge]

destroyed

[fresh comet]

ok, it's time to avoid speaking with suremark for the rest of the day

[jagged forge]

that’s 20 minutes left for me

[verbal karma]

if you got coerced to say this, blink 2 times

I guess suremark wants to watch the world burn

[jagged forge]

https://tenor.com/view/some-men-just-want-to-watch-the-world-burn-batman-alfred-quotes-gif-14054558

[verbal karma]

https://tenor.com/view/popcorn-gossip-listening-suspense-drama-gif-13117366258359790345

[uneven tinsel]

[vocal vessel]

Why not #malevolentantichristformod ?

https://tenor.com/view/disappointed-hands-on-hips-confused-gif-23752978

[pure hollow]

no

[uneven tinsel]

Because this cat is biased and will not support anyone with dog pfp

[vocal vessel]

He’s practically a cat…

[verbal karma]

Because the character limit

[verbal karma]

Who are you to say that I don't support Satan's child as a mod?

[pure hollow]

satan's child needs to be a pink mod

[uneven tinsel]

I am the one who knows your evil intentions, I am the one who will expose you, I am the one who knows you are secretly building catgpt

[pure hollow]

how do you know that!!\

[uneven tinsel]

[pure hollow]

[verbal karma]

I wish I am the one who make catgpt and not the silly graph network

[uneven tinsel]

[frank orchid]

So on another server, someone said that they looked nice (With a picture), and I said they look like a 5 (which is average.) thus was seen by the mods as a personal attack why?
I seem to offend people a lot...

[burnt ledge]

@frank orchid Was the person inviting evaluations or just wanted to post themselves looking nice

bcs if the latter it could generally be seen as rude or at least uncomfortable to be rating them anything at all

if they were inviting people to evaluate (eg "how do i look") it can get a lot more complicated because this could be all sorts of situations

but even then the scale 0-10 i strongly believe is not centred on 5

instead i think its centred sloghtly higher, around 6 or 7

thats a weird one tho idk how wellknown this is

[alpine kindle]

how the hell do you even rate people's appearance on a 1-10 scale

I don't understand how this is even possible

[burnt ledge]

many people seem to have an intuitive understanding of it, tho it seems to be largely vibes based and personally subjective, and everyone that tries to make it into some sort of rigorous objective scale is a deranged freak in some incel typeof space. So your question is basically unanswerable unfortunately

except for "some ppl just do"

[glass peak]

Because you’re just being a dick? Why would you decide to just rate someone? It’s extremely objectifying, you can’t do so in anyway objectively and it’s also just fucking weird

And on a scale to 10, sure 5 is in the middle but we all know people think of 7 as the average

But also just don’t “rate” random people who didn’t ask for it

This video might be interesting for you to watch, it’s not exactly this but it’s similar

https://youtu.be/-x9CigwU6dM?si=-JfiMSqMxprjYSQ_

[burnt ledge]

i alr covered all of that but without berating or assuming

[vague hare]

whats the point of studying 8hr/day to make a 44

like fucking honestly

it's just demoralizing asf

[glass peak]

Yeah I didn’t see your comment until after I posted it (mobile issue), I wasn’t trying to talk over you or anything so my bad. I’ve got no problem with being a bit of a dick though

[robust brook]

is it even possible to study 8hr a day

[vague hare]

like you're all proud and excited bc you think you did good then you see the score and you're like "oh makes sense"

if you don't sleep yes

ive decided i can sleep when im dead

[robust brook]

i used to study 4 hours a day, couldn't study for a week straight

[vague hare]

the point is i'm studying so hard and still getting fucked by my exams

[burnt ledge]

its allg nws o7

[vague hare]

like wtf

[robust brook]

it's exciting to study for a good grade for the first five days

it's not fun after that

[vague hare]

i was really proud of myself for making an effort but how can u be proud of Fs

[main elbow]

you should consider cutting back on the quantity of your studying and increase the quality
also sacrificing your sleep is one of the worst thing you can do, in that its only going to make it harder to study effectively. poor sleep is a total handicap

[vague hare]

i already do this math server like every day, i do tutoring after class and i ask my friends/family for help studying

idk what else to do 😞

like do i just suck?????

[digital galleon]

Idk, I stayed up for (almost) two consecutive nights before a couple of my exams at christmas and did decent. On the other hand I got a lot more sleep for the previous set and I suspect I did worse... 👀

[burnt ledge]

Facts, sleep and other physical and mental health upkeep things (such as eating and hydrating) are more importsnt than maxxing out study time

[robust brook]

i have a unstoppable procrastination after the 4 hour mark

[digital galleon]

I find my ability diminishes the more my mind races -_-

[robust brook]

can't study effectively after that

[burnt ledge]

if u r even in little bit of bad shape at exam time (but also at study time) it can nerf you so hard

[main elbow]

have you tried finding ways to help control this

[main elbow]

pretty sure studies have shown that the average person can only do 4 hours of focussed work

[vague hare]

i should just go to the accessibility center and tell them i'm fucking adhd + dyscalculia

[neat lintel]

I have finally managed to pass all my math courses (well, there's only one about algebraic topology left)

[vague hare]

maybe theyll pity pass me

[robust brook]

yeah it's just not possible to study after 4 hours

i tab out no matter how hard i focus

[vague hare]

but i don't want a pity pass i want to genuinely understand this shit

[glass peak]

Well i mean 4 hours is a bit arbritary but yeah, no one just has unlimited brain power, you will get tired

[burnt ledge]

acman is that per day or in one go

[main elbow]

people may have it worse, that doesnt mean you cannot try to improve your own situation

[main elbow]

per day

[burnt ledge]

so u cant game it by doing 4 hours in morning and then 4 hours in evening

[digital galleon]

I guess so idk

[burnt ledge]

Rip

I lowkey feel splitting it like that helps me a lot tho but i basically never max out study time i just be doing stuff when i want to so idk abt focus limit

[main elbow]

this would definitely be worth doing, you may get given extra time for exams or other allowances that could help you

[digital galleon]

I think there's two things that I found made me more efficient 1) PHONES ARE A DISTRACTION, REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE! 2) Have a plan BEFORE you start studying that way time isn't wasted in the studying time fumbling about.

Honestly I think phones produce a lot of stress. Cause there is always an update on somet

[main elbow]

great advice

[burnt ledge]

1. is so true

def hard vouch

[main elbow]

though of course it goes beyond phones, you should try to create an environment with as few distractions as possible

[robust brook]

me when i study on my pc

[burnt ledge]

<-- is on her phone as a distraction rigth now

[robust brook]

i have to move to pen & paper

[digital galleon]

yes, it is an addiction we all seem to have. We "break for 5 mins" wooosh there goes an hour

[main elbow]

you could try setting up a separate user with limited software/whatever. just the things you need to study

[robust brook]

i'm pretty sure that won't help

i'm in control of the pc afterall

i can just turn it off lol

[main elbow]

well yes, but it puts some extra barrier in the way

not saying its a perfect solution, but i know for many its helpful

[robust brook]

i think it's best to just move to the traditional pen & paper

[main elbow]

can create a mental split between 'work mode' and 'leisure mode' or etc

[robust brook]

whiteboard apps are surely more fun tho 😁

[digital galleon]

Oh one other thing. @robust brook what is it u are studying?

[robust brook]

math

[digital galleon]

ok why are u studying math?

[robust brook]

well

i started self-studying at first because i liked it

[digital galleon]

ok...

[robust brook]

i have exams coming up and now i feel extremely demotivated

[digital galleon]

well what do these exams mean to u?

[robust brook]

they're entrance exams for university

it's like a national exam

[frank orchid]

Thanks for that...I'm a weido obviously

[digital galleon]

ok, why do you want to go to university?

[robust brook]

i like calculus

(i just like the symbols i have not studied it yet lol)

[digital galleon]

ur going to uni to study calculus lol

[robust brook]

well that's one of the things

[main elbow]

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-36256-4#Sec11
if research papers take your fancy

[digital galleon]

what is the ultimate goal?

[digital galleon]

they do I will actually read this thank you

[robust brook]

well

i want to have an in-depth linear algebra knowledge + AI/ML stuff

[digital galleon]

why do u want this knowledge?

[burnt ledge]

its never something essential like that, nobody really "just is" a weirdo in the same way that nobody "just is" stupid. it takes careful reflection but also practice and time, so better not to give up even in your words

[robust brook]

i love technology

[digital galleon]

ok, well it seems to me you have a plan, and these exams appear to be the first step. Can you see the importance of studying for them??

[main elbow]

i wouldnt classify yourself based on this interaction. you came and asked for advice and now you know
dont put yourself down

[robust brook]

yeah of course, i think the main thing that's holding me back is stuff that i hate learning

when i started my self study journey, i intentionally skipped geometry

now i'm forced to study it 😁

[digital galleon]

Why would you set off on a quest filled with learning if you hate it? More importantly, why do you hate learning?

[robust brook]

i never liked geometry for some reason

[raven plaza]

Opinion: hs school geometry should be replaced by logic

[robust brook]

i don't "hate" learning

i just don't like geometry

[digital galleon]

yes, I have forgotten a lot of the irrelevent geometry that seems to only present itself in that course.

[fresh comet]

the basic propositional logic kind, or the #foundations kind?

[robust brook]

just the fact that i'm gonna forget half of the stuff after i pass the exams

[fresh comet]

I agree with teaching the former, not with the latter

[fresh comet]

[robust brook]

dude circles are not funny

[fresh comet]

oh we’re talking about the hs geometry kind

[robust brook]

yeah

[raven plaza]

First order sentences at least

[fresh comet]

I thought you meant geometry in general

[jagged oriole]

I have a friend who does diff geo stuff, and I mentioned something about locally ringed spaces and he's like 'oh what's that' and like it's wild how this guy does not even know what a manifold is

/s but also /srs at the same time

[fresh comet]

then I totally agree

[raven plaza]

I don't really see the point of hs geometry past trig

[fresh comet]

me neither

[raven plaza]

Even the field of math called geometry doesn't use any hs geometry

[fresh comet]

you can predict eclipses using it ig

but that is not math solely

[robust brook]

is there really no value in HS geometry

[raven plaza]

But that's mostly trig

[fresh comet]

perhaps

@dreamy ore what is Euclidean geometry good for

(whenever you see this message)

[raven plaza]

The main justification is that we can teach people proof writing ig

While "seeing" the ideas so it doesn't feel meaningless

[robust brook]

i remember somebody telling me i would need it for coordinate geometry

it apparently comes up in calculus

not too sure about that though

[raven plaza]

Coordinate geometry and trig are important yes

Angles in circles and conic sections stuff probably less

[robust brook]

i see

[fresh comet]

maybe if you work in hyperbolic geometry, then the hs stuff has some use?

[vast wraith]

what's hs geometry

[fresh comet]

if not directly, then as motivation

[raven plaza]

High school

[vast wraith]

i didn't pay attention in high school

what geometry do they teach

[raven plaza]

A bunch of angle and area chasing

[vast wraith]

hmm

[raven plaza]

In circles and parallelograms and stuff

[vast wraith]

i see, yeah that does not really build up to anything

but should be good practice in solving many types of problems

[raven plaza]

I think even in the oly math community there are many voices against oly geometry

[vast wraith]

i know even less about oly maths than i know about hs math

[raven plaza]

Oly geometry is like, 30 theorems / configurations / tricks to memorize

[vast wraith]

wack

[empty mirage]

;-; people who can do angle bs

Are wizards

[raven plaza]

Angle chasing 20 point diagrams

[empty mirage]

The only things I chase are diagrams

[digital galleon]

The only application I can think of for geometry beyond area,volumes,lengths,triangles (the very basics) is conics in the mechanics of orbits.

[raven plaza]

Yea eccentricity and stuff does show up in Newtonian gravity

I think it can be taught in the phy class tho

[vast wraith]

i chase only historical references

for like the past half a year

it's actually horrible

[lusty atlas]

does anyone go to office hours? idk if i should ask my lecturer if what i think are mistakes in the lecture notes are mistakes, and if i should try to suggest a proof i found easier to understand than the one he showed in class

[main elbow]

definitely worth doing

what is there to lose

[lusty atlas]

thing is i dont want him to hate me in case ill need to ask something else in the future

[vast wraith]

planned office hours doesn't seem to be much of a thing at my uni, but i've asked to meet profs in their office before and it was amazing

[main elbow]

its his job, he wont hate you for doing the work haha

[vast wraith]

also i've occasionally just shown up knocking at doors

[burnt ledge]

he wont hate you if youre just polite

[lusty atlas]

what do they do in office hours? ive yet to fit one in my schedule

[lusty atlas]

i guess ill try to watch my behavior then

[main elbow]

obviously dont go to him with every little thing if you can avoid it, take the time to go over it alone. but if you need to then absolutely do go

[vast wraith]

uhh i just showed up with questions and we had a lovely discussion

[lusty atlas]

i mean i think the lecture notes have a few errors, might be wrong

[burnt ledge]

especially for what u think might be mistakes or improvements it shld be chill

[main elbow]

either they are errors and the prof can correct them, or you are mistaken and get the chance to be taught why

its a win-win

[lusty atlas]

do you stay the whole hour? or leave right after you finished asking your questions?

[lusty atlas]

yes i think then i will try to go to him, but would he be mad i come during his office hours? i mean it might take away free time from him

[burnt ledge]

Office hours arent free time theyre time hes allocated to doing exactly this sort of stuff

[vast wraith]

dw it'll turn out fine

[lusty atlas]

and you dont think he will hate seeing students coming?

[vast wraith]

absolutely not

[burnt ledge]

only if he also hates the rest of his job

[lusty atlas]

and do i leave right after im done with what i needed?

[burnt ledge]

U dont have to stick around longer than you want

[vast wraith]

the only thing i've seen profs complain about regarding office hours is that students don't show

[lusty atlas]

this lecturer seems pretty interested in improving proofs actually, and we share the same first name too

[lusty atlas]

are there a lot of people in office hours? or is it gonna be a 1o1?

the class itself is i think 100+ 200+ students

[burnt ledge]

i dont know

[lusty atlas]

alright

thank you mates

[burnt ledge]

o7

[odd narwhal]

Are you advertising something?

[raven plaza]

Ban

[jaunty ibex]

Ban

[neat lintel]

Ban

don't ban

yes ban

[burnt ledge]

i think theyve got the drive and could build something truly global and become legends

if youre up for the challenge, that is

[neat lintel]

and adverting in a discord server

[burnt ledge]

@neat lintel imagine in 10 years achieving anything with passion and smarts

[neat lintel]

harpz is right

im going to write in my diary that harpz was right today

they were being really weird

arki...

[raven plaza]

convergence…

[neat lintel]

i'm speedy

[raven plaza]

speedy…

[neat lintel]

speedy of convergence

[old oak]

it's not just about money, it's about growth, impact, the whole incredible journey.

Fair, but it's mostly about money, isn't it.

[uneven tinsel]

I remember trying to save money by cutting my own hair. I was looking like I fought lawnmower and lost.

[old oak]

I cut my own hair because I irrationally dislike going to a barber/hairdresser

And being a mathematician, no one cares how presentable I look

[jagged forge]

based

[uneven tinsel]

Good for you but I remember it affected me. Everyone told me just be honest in the interview and the first question they asked "what is your greatest weakness" I panicked and answered "honesty" and they said "but I don't think it is a weakness" and I said " I don't give a darn what you think " to justify my answer

[deep mango]

Spending my whole life thinking like this and then trying to date has been a mindfuck

[old oak]

I've been with my bf for 16 years so he no longer cares how I look either

[vocal vessel]

I always keep it tight. But I’m no mathmagician…

[visual breach]

Meanwhile, I try to look presentable but my appearance just

[sonic sentinel]

i feel like the idea that i could always be using my time better has fucked me up really bad

first encountered it in "eat that frog" (never read the whole book just skimmed through it), i think reading 80000 hours guide also worsened it (it has a lot of useful ideas about effeciency),

but i also noticed the trend of these thoughts occuring before i read 80k hours so maybe it just exacerbated a problem that was already there?

i literally made like a "value/time" spreadsheet for every productive task i have

but i still literally have to remind myself mentally "there is no way there is a more productive task you can do right now the spreadsheet says so just do it"

and of course a value/time spreadsheet doesn't solve everything because you still have issues like: will the effort i put into this task make me too burned out to do other tasks? how much time will i end up spending doing productive stuff?

which practically shouldn't matter (or you could just use your intuition)

but i feel like it does because "if i am not spending my time doing the 100% best thing i could be doing right now my life will definitely go to shit or something"

and even at non-productive time its always like "would i have more fun doing something else"

this is a huge issue i noticed like 15m ago so if you're thinking "that seems like a very huge issue that i probably would not have described in the discussion-2 channel of the math discord server" your opinion is REASONABLE

[static loom]

I didn't read everything you put but personally I would try to figure out a way to give up on that stuff, drop worrying about squeezing efficiency out of your time, seems to be sucking the fun out of it

[storm sage]

usually I just have a list of stuff I could do and then do one thing on it (whichever I want)

and then additionally you should probably dedicate some (lots of?) time to doing stuff that's not on the list, if you're someone that feels like they need to be productive all the time

[cinder zephyr]

ok I started time tracking recently

so I can understand where you're coming from

but here's what really you need to keep in mind

1: you as a human being cannot be working 24/7

every waking hour

if your rational is that you wouldn't be productive, then consider that since you won't feel rested the time you do spend working is less productive if you aren't feeling your best

I wouldn't focus on valuing certain tasks over another, that seems obcessive and destructive

instead, focus on giving everything 100%

and here's the trick

everything means everything, including relaxing and sleeping and spending time with friends and family and other "nonproductive things"

so when you're relaxing, make sure you're actually relaxing. Find out what works for you to turn off the work part of your brain (I can't answer what works for you, but you should try to find it even if it means medication or something)

[solemn sparrow]

Just remember that in life balance is key as well as rest. If you are constantly trying to be productive there is a high risk of burning out which impedes your long term productivity. If your goals are success yes you should give in a lot of effort but always try to keep it at "60-80%". One year of 100% effort isn't shit compared fo 10 years of 80% effort since you'll probably be forced to take rests due to mental health.

Although this all strongly depends on your personality

and who you are as a person

[cinder zephyr]

balance is right, but balance means balancing 100% work (which you seem to be doing) with 100% relaxing

[solemn sparrow]

But yeah main point is work hard and relax hard lmao

[cinder zephyr]

when you sleep, make sure it's the best sleep you can get (so if you have trouble sleeping like I do, find ways to fix that)

when you're relaxing, make sure you're doing things you enjoy

[solemn sparrow]

And being social is a important aspect as well some people need more some less but we do need it

[cinder zephyr]

I think this is a good thing to identify

[cinder zephyr]

in the same track as this

it sounds like you partially suffer from what I suffer from, which is that on paper I relax alot but in reality I barely feel relaxed

and I think time tracking is good in actually identifying that

[solemn sparrow]

Also a healthy diet and regular exercise helps a TON

when it comes to your overall energy output

I think a lot of people cut themselves short in those areas

[uneven tinsel]

https://tenor.com/view/discord-mod-gif-20802582

[dire stump]

https://tenor.com/view/embed-no-no-embed-megamind-megamind-meme-gif-25261934

[fresh comet]

Mahjong?

[rocky shuttle]

,ti higher

[fathom swallow]

The current time for higher___ is 02:43 AM (EDT) on Tue, 25/06/2024.
zanarcane is 6 hours ahead, at 08:43 AM (CEST) on Tue, 25/06/2024.

[uneven tinsel]

[rare bobcat]

I NEED HELP witha statistics problem

@everyone

[frozen wharf]

Fr

[frozen wharf]

which problem

[dire stump]

!help

[quasi jetty]

To ask for mathematics help on this server, please open your own help channel or help thread. See #❓how-to-get-help for instructions.

[rare bobcat]

i sent u them

[frozen wharf]

oh okay!

[sonic sentinel]

i mean im not trying to be productive 24/7, that's not my issue, ive already accepted that:

how much time will i end up spending doing productive stuff?
and even at non-productive time its always like "would i have more fun doing something else"

[sonic sentinel]

valuing some tasks over others seems pretty natural and like a good policy to have, like even from a qualitative viewpoint there are productive tasks that are nice if i did them and ones that are super duper important

[sonic sentinel]

this was sort of (not exactly) the problem in the first place. if i set some time to relax ill be wondering "is there a way i can relax better" indefinitely

i say not exactly because you phrased it like you're either relaxing or you're not. "don't bother trying to improve your relaxation if you're relaxing some much" sounds reasonable

[charred shell]

hey

[neat lintel]

Took ab and bc calc in highschool

Did ap stats

Rn I’m doing calc 3 over the summer

[jagged oriole]

shoutout to the levi civita symbol

goated little dude

[charred shadow]

were is the resources channel?

[ocean harbor]

get the archive role and you'll access #resources

[charred shadow]

how do i get it

[charred shadow]

thanks alot ; i dont understand why people ignore my message?

ive asked multiplae times

[ocean harbor]

just be patient

you'd be ignored if I wasn't here

cuz I've been inactive these days

[charred shadow]

no its like they keep talking like my msg is not there

[charred shadow]

uh so how do i get thee role

[ocean harbor]

cannot link the channel since I'm on phone

it's channels & roles

and pick the archive thingy

[ocean harbor]

happens

[charred shadow]

thx alot i found it

[mint hollow]

erm what the Σ

[charred shadow]

thank youu chmonkira i hope u having a good day

[ocean harbor]

thanks

[crisp wraith]

🤣

[uneven tinsel]

[desert crest]

hello

how can i assimate more content when i ask so many questions

[uneven tinsel]

Sorry I don't understand English well enough

[mint hollow]

me am eating orange

[teal tree]

orange is eating me

[mint hollow]

orange taste big good

[old sequoia]

big good tastes like orange

[supple jackal]

How good is chatgpt with the wolfram plugin

[ocean harbor]

for math?

I believe it is dogshit

[supple jackal]

For some reason I get the feeling you're talking about chatgpt generally and not specifically about it the wolfram plugin

[halcyon dune]

Hey

[paper dome]

which board

[halcyon dune]

CBSE

YOu?

class?

[paper dome]

how did u do that ap one

[paper dome]

10th cbse

[halcyon dune]

ok.

bro it's easy.
let first term be A. the next term add y, add again y.
it was just linear equations.

[paper dome]

i never learned that in 9th

are u in foundation or smth

[halcyon dune]

ikr. kinda. i have bunch of knowledge of random stuff.

i know nothing more of that AP.

[raven plaza]

The wolfram plugin just lets it query WolframAlpha right

[paper dome]

oh lmao no problem its easy

how many chapters have u completed of maths

[halcyon dune]

in*

polynomials, number system, lines and angles, euclidean geo, no more.

with school

[paper dome]

euclidean sucks

[paper dome]

of also works though

[halcyon dune]

nah. it's interesting.

[paper dome]

theory based chapter

whats ur fav one rn

[halcyon dune]

yes. but foundational.

[paper dome]

are u in any institute like allen or aakash?

[halcyon dune]

fav.... that only. i like the basic concepts on which the whole of geometry is built.

yes, from 9th i have joined Fiitjee.

[paper dome]

ohhh

that explains

iit?

[halcyon dune]

yup. not much serious tbh.

idk if i'll pursue this further

[paper dome]

nah its okay just study for now

it has vast amount of competition

i've listened from many ppl that chem in 11th is hard

[halcyon dune]

Yes. My brother also told.

[halcyon dune]

Ikr.

[paper dome]

ur fav sub would be maths i believe?

[halcyon dune]

10 sec.

philosphy + language + maths + science.

[paper dome]

what lang are u studying

[halcyon dune]

only 2.

[paper dome]

i meant which ones

[halcyon dune]

i tried learning french through duolingo but ended up leaving it.

hindi and english in school.

i hate sanskrit.

[paper dome]

Philosophy in 9th?

which school

[halcyon dune]

No bro. Just my interests.

[paper dome]

nah french is easy

[paper dome]

ohh nice you have a nice mindset

[halcyon dune]

yeah, I didn't work much on it.

🙂

[paper dome]

well its late

dont sleep less in these years

[halcyon dune]

Sleep is crucial. I should have realised earlier. Okay, let us now sleep. Bye.

[paper dome]

bye

[ocean harbor]

are you from quebec?

[languid sail]

If you were to accelerate in space at all, your speed would keep accelerating right?

[south kelp]

I couldn't help but notice ur profile bio, which means "fight" in American

Have u by any chance become a lot like Eren jeager lately

[covert oracle]

SUSUMEEEEE

[paper dome]

nah India but i have been learning french for 3 years

[paper dome]

yeah

[paper dome]

yeah kinda, I've been inspired by him

[vast vortex]

Hey yall, I am streaming my 10 hour study sessions if you want to stop by or even study with me I'd love to have you! (Includes Math, Language, and Programming) https://www.twitch.tv/proofbyrj

Schedule:

How to Prove It Book by Daniel Vellman: 5:30-6:30
MVal Calc: 6:40-7:40
Algebra: 7:50-8:50
How to Prove It Book by Daniel Vellman: 9:00-10:00
MVal Calc: 10:10-11:10
Calc Made Easy by Silvanus P Thompson: 11:20-Noon
Lunch: Noon-1pm
CodeAcademy Full Stack Engineer Course: 1-2pm
DataCamp Data Scientist Course: 2:10-3:10pm
Chinese HSK 1 Study: 3:20-4:20
Anki: Rest of the time

[clear hamlet]

is there anyone who need chat gpt 4 plus for free

[fallen mango]

Sure

[clear hamlet]

message me brother

[south kelp]

https://youtu.be/VFDMrApuoc4?si=otapu46zieR3fPLr

[crisp wraith]

yes

[jagged forge]

is this a <@&268886789983436800> ping

seems shady

[terse comet]

yep, thanks for the ping

[storm sage]

Chill on the advertising, I let you post this once, but please don't make it a regular thing

[ocean harbor]

cool

[deep mango]

So many people are in vc

[turbid hazel]

sup everyone

[bitter heart]

Are there any good on-the-go math practice phone apps I should try out?

Preferably PreCalc/Calc level

[halcyon dune]

n^3

if n | 3
n^3 | 9

if n | 2
4n+2 | 8

jk

[broken zephyr]

hi, im an incoming college freshman and I was hoping to tutor people online in math. What are some websites that would help me do this?

i dont really care if i get paid or not

[river moon]

here

[fresh comet]

this server is a good place to help others with math

check out the help channels or the topics channels

[broken zephyr]

ok thank you

[vestal cave]

Deberían abrir un servidor en español.

o una seccion.

[sonic sentinel]

i have just been shared a "free steam gift card" phishing scam that uses discord's hyperlink feature so that it looks like its leading you to the actual website

‌www.goo‌gle.com/

^this link looks like it leads you to google but actually leads you to wikipedia

[mint canopy]

Oh dear

[vestal cave]

that's too bad

[icy locust]

Why is that, when I am trying to prove something, I almost always make an error in a part I decided it's okay to handwave?????

Like, not an error in understanding, but stupidist errors due to not paying attention

Maybe I didn't spread attention evenly enough

[neat lintel]

I can tell that its almost july because of the explosions going off

gotta celebrate the nation by blowing up your barn

[eternal cypress]

yup

[slate turret]

what time zone?

[hot flare]

Still available?

[fresh comet]

[nova kindle]

Can you be religious and a good mathematician? Do the two ideologies contradict? I want to be a Mathematician but I am a pretty strong theist as well

[vivid halo]

yeah

I know a few very good and accomplished mathematicians who are quite religious

[solid snow]

why would they

[uneven tinsel]

Yes

[solid snow]

math doesnt comment on religion

[vivid halo]

might be hard to be a good evolutionary biologist who also takes a very literal view on religious texts

but it doesn't seem like religion stops you from doing good mathematics

Ramanujan was an insanely good (self taught) number theorist and he said that many of his insights came from communicating with God

[nova kindle]

Dr. Francis Collins is a good example of one

[nova kindle]

Gödel was as well I believe

[vivid halo]

yeah I mean I'm sure there are very good evolutionary biologists who are also religious

they probably either separate their religious views from their science, or are otherwise able to recoincile them

[echo tundra]

@covert oracle

[covert oracle]

Hi

[echo tundra]

I gave my ISI PhD interview yesterday

[covert oracle]

Holy heck, like the entrance?

[echo tundra]

Yeah

[covert oracle]

Oooh, isibang?

[echo tundra]

Nah kolkata

[covert oracle]

💀

[echo tundra]

😭

[covert oracle]

So...is it a stat topic?

[echo tundra]

No, it's cs

[covert oracle]

Oooh

Information theory?

Coding?

[echo tundra]

My final year project was ML but idk if I wanna continue that

It's too fast for my taste

[covert oracle]

Hmmm

I've always thought ML was glorified LA

[echo tundra]

It's glorified hand waving

[covert oracle]

Lmao

[echo tundra]

There's no proper theoretical backbone

It's kinda like throwing tools at a problem till something works

[covert oracle]

At our IISER, there's this dude who just indoctrinates everyone to take up math and work under him

Like prof

More manpower ig

[echo tundra]

Which iiser

[covert oracle]

Tvm

💀

[echo tundra]

There's an iiser there

[covert oracle]

😭

It's one of the 'old' ones

With probably the second worst math faculty

Kolkata takes the prize

[echo tundra]

Thank fk I didn't join Kolkata

[covert oracle]

It's entirely a stat department

[echo tundra]

Then again I had more interest in Physics

[covert oracle]

Again

Kolkata being good at physics has always been propaganda

Pushed by their graduates and inflated nature indices

[echo tundra]

Whaaaa

[covert oracle]

Yep

[echo tundra]

At least Pune is good right?

[covert oracle]

And no hate but, the department is homogeneous

[covert oracle]

Eh

It's a star studded faculty

But

I don't hear much from them

The only thing TVM manages to do right is material sciences

In physics

Like, soft CMP

[echo tundra]

Even for that I think IISc is better

[covert oracle]

Yeah

[echo tundra]

Mann only if I didn't have to give fuckin competitive exams for every single thing

[covert oracle]

LMAO

I was handicapped

I couldn't even give advanced

[echo tundra]

Why?

[covert oracle]

I only gave mains, iat, and CMI/ISI

[covert oracle]

Bad bad health

I just had my third surgery for that

Like, two weeks back lmao

[echo tundra]

Big uff

So are you self studying everything

[covert oracle]

Yeah

It's sad but that's how it is

[echo tundra]

Honestly all iisers should have the option for exit with a bachelors

[covert oracle]

True

And electives

A lot of electives

It's been two years but I haven't seen a single alg geom elective

It's laughable

It's all applied math topics offered as electives

I'll have to push for them, i need courses in alg

[echo tundra]

What's the minimum student required for an elective

[covert oracle]

No idwa

Given that at most 20 take up math

Even a class size of 5 is impressive

[echo tundra]

Our batch really wanted a course in mathematical logic but no one was ready to teach it

[covert oracle]

That's sad

[echo tundra]

Lmao we were 5, till I convinced my roommate to give up physics and join maths

[covert oracle]

Lmao based

And the general idea here is that only low gpa holders take up math

Like, math is a major if you don't get any other option

I think that's prevalent in every other IISER

[echo tundra]

WHAAAAAT That's like getting shot cause you have pain in your leg

[covert oracle]

The stats back up the statement 🙂

[echo tundra]

I think my batch was the last where everyone got what they wanted

My junior had a student who wanted bio but got maths

Diabolical shit

He had to leave niser cause he couldn't pass any course

[covert oracle]

Lmao

Man

That's exactly what happens here

People barely pass in math

Except for the MScs and 1-3 BS-MS peeps

[echo tundra]

Are there others who are genuinely interested in maths

Btw @covert oracle why do you have a one-piece name but cyberpunk pfp?

[covert oracle]

Uhh

Uta

I haven't watched one piece

Cyberpunk pfp goes hard

I don't remember why but uta has always been my online name

[echo tundra]

Ah, alright

[vast vortex]

US EST

[uneven tinsel]

4.30-6.30 -John Wick: Chapter 4

[solid snow]

this seems unsustainable

[neat lintel]

Add cold shower for 15 minutes at the start

[storm sage]

I told you, please stop advertising this all the time

I let you do it once, but now it's becoming spam

[vast vortex]

Oof my bad didn't think it was that bad I just post it once I start

[storm sage]

You've posted it four times in the last two days already

[vast vortex]

In two different channels, but understood won't do it

[neat lintel]

Guys if I am doing pre-calculus in college what should I learn

[uneven tinsel]

Your textbook

[neat lintel]

I mean like what to prepare me for it like algebra or geometry or wtv I didnt do well in math in hs so I hope I am able to understand whats in the textbook

[verbal karma]

The quick place I would suggest you to look at is Khanacademy. Look there to get the exposure to the topic and look for other resources like textbook or youtube video to reinforce your understanding

[storm sage]

Khanacademy is super good yeah ^

[neat lintel]

Yeah I started using Khan to refresh my memory on Algebra and what do you think about Professor Leonard

[verbal karma]

Oh, I remember watching that person.

I would say that is good resource

[vast vortex]

Professor Leonard is the goat

[wraith shuttle]

marla is on the student council. the council will select 3 members at random to run the Can Drive. there is a 50% chance that marla will be chosen. how many students are on the council?

what level of math is this question?

elementary, highschool, college?

[woven jewel]

11122233444 is a perfect square number

[sonic sentinel]

i'd say "high schooler interested in math" should be able to answer.

[keen river]

Is the analytic continuation of the zeta function defined?

[raven plaza]

Yes

The function ∑1/n^s on Re(s) > 1 can be analytically continued to a function on the complex plane without 1

[keen river]

Yes but can u just write another function that doesnt need to be analytically continued and gives the same results

[raven plaza]

There are many functions on C-{1} that coincide with ∑1/n^s on Re(s) > 1

But there's only one holomorphic function

[keen river]

Can we define that function

[raven plaza]

This suffices as a definition, but there are more explicit descriptions

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_zeta_function#Representations

[wraith shuttle]

you're wrong

i already figured it out but thanks

[sonic sentinel]

??

it sounds very subjective, unless there is a specific curriculum this specific type of question is in

[wraith shuttle]

no you're just wrong

[sonic sentinel]

oh ok

[coarse bridge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqUXCyqe_m0

the fuck

what is this channel

https://tenor.com/view/aesthetic-skull-gif-20895944

"The New Calculus is the first and only rigorous formulation of calculus in human history. Despite the many attempts to denigrate and destroy, it has grown phenomenally and now well-liked by thousands of math enthusiasts, engineers, educators, software developers and scientists around the globe.

I am a pariah among the academic community. I tell it exactly like it is. The infinite stupidity of modern academics (the BIG STUPID) must be exposed and education reformed for the survival of mathematics and science. My videos are all IMPROMPTU, so there are bound to be some minor errors. "

[small dust]

@velvet dagger

[velvet dagger]

Yeah okay dead

[vivid halo]

lmfao

[covert oracle]

Yeah he's cooked

A pretty well known crank

[coarse bridge]

it popped up on my feed

time to throw away the entire account ig

[covert oracle]

Yep

Disinfection

[icy locust]

(FYI: just clear history to disinfect algorithm)

[coarse bridge]

LMAO i know

[vital grotto]

o

[grand mantle]

I'm a math major and i want to get rich fast what career should i pick after graduating

[scarlet jasper]

Finance, like quantitative analyst and what not

[covert oracle]

Mathematical finance, biostats

[uneven tinsel]

Start a pyramid scheme

[unborn tinsel]

someone help

@here

[uneven tinsel]

Have you tried turning the universe off and on again

[fresh comet]

🤯

[halcyon magnet]

what's the difference between discussion and discussion-2?

[deep mango]

this ones better

[halcyon magnet]

what channel is better for discussing proofs in abstract algebra?

[deep mango]

neither

#math-discussion

[fresh comet]

#groups-rings-fields

[deep mango]

or that

[fresh comet]

[uneven tinsel]

discussion 2 has better story, action and CGI

[lyric palm]

Happy τ day!

[uneven tinsel]

Same tau you

[old oak]

Also I read this channel and I don't read the other

because I'm old and the breakneck pace of that chat confuses me

[uneven tinsel]

Yes that's right

[hazy heron]

Hello!

I just joined because I was having trouble figuring out how to evenly space circles in a circle and have them be the right diameter and then decided to look up a random mathematics discord

Would anyone like to help me with this?

wait there are help chats

[old oak]

#❓how-to-get-help

circle packing doesn't come under the purview of any of the thematic channels other than maybe #recreational-math , but it's the kind of thing people in #math-discussion might be interested in

[ionic star]

there's a wiki page with solutions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_packing_in_a_circle

use a help channel if it's something else

[wicked oriole]

proof

,w sqrt 11122233444

[woven jewel]

Calculator

[fathom swallow]

Results provided by WolframAlpha

Click here to refine your query online
Upgrade to WolframAlpha Pro!

Requested by enderdoesntmind

[wicked oriole]

i was expecting a better one but okay

[woven jewel]

Right

[woven jewel]

1444

[wicked oriole]

,w sqrt(1444)

[fathom swallow]

Results provided by WolframAlpha

Click here to refine your query online
Upgrade to WolframAlpha Pro!

Requested by enderdoesntmind

[wicked oriole]

144

1444

hmmm

,w sqrt(14444)

[fathom swallow]

Results provided by WolframAlpha

Click here to refine your query online
Upgrade to WolframAlpha Pro!

Requested by enderdoesntmind

[wicked oriole]

sed

[woven jewel]

When does
10^k+ (4(10^k -1) / 9) = a^2

basically

k=3 is answer

144 and 1444 are perfect square numbers

Neat

[fresh ginkgo]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-ross-11a0962b7/

Does this recruiter's profile look legit?

[uneven tinsel]

1 is also perfect square

[woven jewel]

0

3249 is a perfect square so is
324

1444
144
3249
324

[uneven tinsel]

Okay

[woven jewel]

18496 and
1849
Perfect square numbers

64009 and
6400

I mean and technically 64

237169 and 23716

364816 and 36481

[uneven tinsel]

My friend said check 256 and 2561

[woven jewel]

Not

[uneven tinsel]

Okay

[woven jewel]

64009 and 6400 is nice pair

Like 1444 and 144

519841 and 51984

K ima just look for a cool one

[uneven tinsel]

Yes

[woven jewel]

Holy shit

Thats alot of 6's

26666896 and 2666689

[uneven tinsel]

Ahh I see

[woven jewel]

So thats the 3rd nice pair

Pretty rare to find cool ones

92294449 and 9229444

Lots of clusters, seeing a suspicious pattern...

[vast wraith]

i’m severely lacking in my reading in the history of physics post ~1650, i just learned planck’s idea of the quantum nature of reality predates Bohr’s atomic model by 13 years

[woven jewel]

I dont see any more cool ones

Ok so the 4 cool pairs of perfect numbers is 1444, 64009, 26666896, and 92294449

[uneven tinsel]

Now waiting for hot pairs

[woven jewel]

1

Cus 0 is technically perfect square number

Idc what people say 🤫

[uneven tinsel]

My friend said -1 is also perfect square

[woven jewel]

Thats imaginary 😒

[uneven tinsel]

[wicked oriole]

Define perfect square

[woven jewel]

1054034^2 is cool cus it makes
1110987673156

11 10 9 8 7 6

[wicked oriole]

Hows it cool

[woven jewel]

Counts down to 6 consecutive numbers

[wicked oriole]

But a lot of gibberish later on so not as impressive

[woven jewel]

Thats minority of the number

[wicked oriole]

I mean if you consider this you can probably find an infinite amount of interesting ones

[woven jewel]

True

[fallen mango]

I find it odd that people find these stuff cool, our current number system is just a tool of measurement, there wont come any new insight from such things as its only noteable to the tool

[woven jewel]

Humans find ants going into their ant hill cool

[uneven tinsel]

My teacher told once numbers which are squares of some integer

[fallen mango]

Really?

[woven jewel]

Square root of 4761 😈

[fallen mango]

They have to be an integer no?

To begin with

[uneven tinsel]

Yes

[woven jewel]

100 is a square of 10

[fallen mango]

Yea?....

[woven jewel]

Cool right?

[fallen mango]

Root

[woven jewel]

No 10 is the square root of 100

100 is square of 10

[fallen mango]

Mb

Words

[wicked oriole]

i is not an integer

[uneven tinsel]

Right

[fallen mango]

This whole chat is people saying something obvious and then its like yeah...

[uneven tinsel]

Yeah

[woven jewel]

GUYS 2 to the power of 2 is same as 2x2 🤯🤯

[uneven tinsel]

and amount of motivation to work on mondays = 0 * ∞

[neat lintel]

3x2-2+3x3 = 6-2+9

Is it add or subtract first

For Pemdas its add first

it would be -5

not 13

6-11

Am I correct

[uneven tinsel]

6-2 is also addition of numbers 6 and -2

[neat lintel]

Where did you get a -2 I dont get it

[river moon]

6 + (-2)

[uneven tinsel]

From the question

[neat lintel]

This is a common misconceptions

P,E,(M/D),(A/S)

[halcyon mantle]

i'm currently revising for an extremely big linear algebra and euclidean geometry exam, any tips on how to revise proofs? There are like 100+ proofs they could ask me about

for most of them, it's easy to build them on the spot, but some things like Sylvester's inertia theorem or the existence of a Jordan Normal Form are a little different

[main elbow]

make a list of the harder/non-intuitive/etc proofs, ones you think you couldnt just do on the spot
try to break each one down into 'ideas' which are smaller pieces of the proof that you can describe in words that can guide you through it
then just be sure you know the 'ideas' behind the proofs and that you can prove those independant parts

alternatively, utilise plain and simple rote work
try to do the proof
cant do it, look at next line from notes then keep going
repeat

[halcyon mantle]

prolly gonna try a combination of the 2

i could use something like anki to ask me random stuff

[glass peak]

You will not be asked to prove that the Jordan decomposition in an exam, its long and testing your ability to memorise proofs is pointless

Just learn the basic ideas behind proofs, you’ll be asked to show things which might use the same idea as a proof you’ve seen, but just asking you to bang out a proof you’ve seen of some major theorem is utterly pointless

[halcyon mantle]

trust me, they ask to prove it in my department, i've seen some exams

[glass peak]

Extremely pointless exercise, that’s just kinda sucky for you

[halcyon mantle]

yeah i know

i have to clarify that it's an oral exam, not even a written one (there are two written exams before it)

[glass peak]

My point still stands either way, the important thing to memorise is the ideas and methods

[main elbow]

oral maths exam ? damn ive never heard of that

[glass peak]

Of if it’s an oral exam I stand by my point even more, knowing the main steps is the important thing and the nitty gritty is less important / easy to fill in

So if you know the main steps like the chain of quotentets etc you’ll be fine

[halcyon mantle]

Yeah, ill try to work a little bit more on the big picture instead of focusing on all these details

thanks for the tips Acman and Nope

[main elbow]

nws ! gl

[uneven tinsel]

I remember taking oral maths exam it made me think inside the box

[light horizon]

@gaunt dock so what were the questions?

[gaunt dock]

i was just further trying to understand the idea of the probabilistic method

is it like

you lay all possible graphs on a wall and since probability is positive and probability can also be expressed as wanted configurations divided by total configurations, we know that wanted configs are > 0

i just wanna confirm my understanding

[light horizon]

Right

[gaunt dock]

oki
also how does this tie up with expected value?

[light horizon]

The expected value is a pretty similar argument

They both basically boil down to "if the thing didn't exist, there would be probability 0 of selecting it"

and then by contrapositive, we can see that since the probability isn't 0, it must exist

[gaunt dock]

hmm yes

but

[gaunt dock]

why is this method so powerful cuz this is just an obvious statement

[light horizon]

Well yes, it's an obvious statement

But what it lets us do is show that our object exists without having any idea what it looks like

[gaunt dock]

ah

ic

[timid portal]

Suppose two graphs, H and K, have the same vertex set. Is there a common name for the binary operation * for which G = H*K has V(G) = V and E(G) = E(H) U E(K)?

[eager cloud]

Hola discussy

[dreamy ore]

uhhh solving anything that involves shapes ig

lengths and areas

[vast wraith]

real

[eager cloud]

Real

[cinder zephyr]

this is just graph union in the special case that V(H) = V(K)

not disjoint union, which is what most people consider when they say union of graphs

but yea this is a known thing and I guess common name would be union

[pulsar finch]

how do i get to know how much number theory i dont know? what are the basics?

[covert oracle]

Opening Weil's classic 'Basic Number Theory' will tell you how much you don't know

[scarlet jasper]

Math textbooks putting the word “basic”/“introduction” before writing about the craziest shit you ever seen

[uneven tinsel]

Right

[vivid halo]

skill issue

[median plaza]

im kinda debating between going into internal medicine and elctrical eng any recomendatuions i live in montreal so skl debt isnt an issue but because its very saturated here job security is an issue andso ispau

[vivid halo]

son this is a math server

good luck tho lmao

[uneven tinsel]

Go for electromedical engineering

[pulsar finch]

Just go to engineering, for job security

[uneven tinsel]

No

There is no job security in any field

[quasi jackal]

that is true indeed

[latent edge]

there is job security in analytic number theory

just work with me

[visual breach]

I guess there is Introduction to Langlands

[fresh comet]

if this is true then I'm joining you

[latent edge]

promise once I get a real job

[fresh comet]

[latent edge]

no fr I will be hiring mathematicians

[vestal solstice]

@neat lintel I think red pandas are quite a stellar animal, good looks, good vibes, it's been my pfp for around 4 years now

i think other people share that sentiment

i have 3 dogs and red pandas aren't domesticated but id love to have one as a pet

[vivid halo]

there is yea

[visual breach]

Yeah I am getting skill issued

[vivid halo]

tfw you defend a PhD on Langlands stuff that you self taught with no help from your advisor

[latent edge]

chad

[visual breach]

This you?

How

[vivid halo]

yea

[visual breach]

I never thought about your advisor

[latent edge]

working with an advisor will probably be slower for some people I imagine

[visual breach]

Are they in adjacent field of Langlands

[vivid halo]

me neither

they do stuff that is adjacent to function field Langlands

but they have not thought much about number field Langlands until reading my thesis

[neat lintel]

nah i see lots of people with red panda's pfp lol and yes it's def cute

[latent edge]

enlightment moment

[fresh comet]

question: does one talk to their advisor's other concurrent students or no?

[vivid halo]

generally yes

I am good friends with my advisor's other students

[fresh comet]

[vivid halo]

we would get dinner every week while I was in Toronto

[fresh comet]

then I've likely spoken to one

[latent edge]

I'm pretty much friendly with all of my GAs

math ones, of course

cs ones are pepeg level infinity

[fresh comet]

yeah I definitely have

he was teaching the linear algebra course my friends were taking this summer

[vivid halo]

I was my advisor's first student which was lonely at first but once he has enough (4-5) students he made sure to schedule group meetings and we formed a nice cohort

[latent edge]

that's nice

[fresh comet]

that's awesome

[latent edge]

I really like this atmosphere

[vivid halo]

yeah it's really nice

[latent edge]

just a group meeting where everyone throws out ideas and do math

[vivid halo]

yeah we would take turns talking for half an hour about what we were up to

nice to keep everyone on the same page

that and the social aspect was nice

[latent edge]

I think I would call this a healthy environment

[visual breach]

Tffffff

Guess this reveals difficulty of Langlands

[latent edge]

playing life on hard mode

[vivid halo]

the two situations aren't that different

it's just you get used to certain things in one setting that are not exactly the same in the other

also what I did was way more involved on the Langlands side than he has ever had experience with

[latent edge]

So I guess your thesis was more about how to go from aut world to motivic world via shimura?

well more or less

[vivid halo]

it was mostly about explicit computations of cohomology of Shimura varieties

[latent edge]

that sounds fun

[vivid halo]

yeah it was fun

[fresh comet]

did you defend yet?

[vivid halo]

yeah I defended today

[fresh comet]

[latent edge]

I feel like I'm more interested in L functions and the automorphic world

[visual breach]

Not exactly the same
You mean wildly different

[fresh comet]

how did it go?

[visual breach]

.>

[vivid halo]

went great!

[latent edge]

nG crushed it obviously

LETS GOOO

[fresh comet]

nice!

[latent edge]

😎

[vivid halo]

we slightly fucked up paperwork but it's getting fixed

[visual breach]

Oh is nG basically PhD now

[vivid halo]

apparently you're supposed to file paperwork about the actual time and date of the defense but this is not on the list of deadlines for paperwork filing

and people only file it when they go to schedule a room for the defense

but since the defense was remote it just like

got forgotten