Why is this on the front page of hacker news? Hopefully that comes across as a genuine question and not snark. I mean as an ex-mathematician I'm thrilled, but schemes are an incredibly abstract object used in an incredibly abstract branch of mathematics (algebraic geometry).
Interesting, yeah. I guess he was the mathematical equivalent of the "rogue" archetype. Brilliant, did things in his own way, total lack of respect for authority, shrouded in mystery. I can definitely see the appeal =)
Sometimes, the best way to learn about abstruse topics one has a passing curiosity in is to upvote what pops up on HN and hope that some nerd might drop by and comment with a simplified intuitive picture for plebs :-)
These days, some nerds prefer to ask AI to confirm their (somewhat hard-earned) intuitive picture of why schemes were needed in the first place. To fix the problems with certain basic geometric notions of old timers? They are then so spooked that the AI instantly validates those intuitions without any relevant citations whatsoever that they decide not to comment :(
But still leave a hint to gung-ho nerds in the form of low-code exercises:
That's a theory, but I think it's more likely that the few people in the world who deeply understand schemes are locked in the basement of a mathematics department somewhere, and not on hacker news =P
Why is this on the front page of hacker news? Hopefully that comes across as a genuine question and not snark. I mean as an ex-mathematician I'm thrilled, but schemes are an incredibly abstract object used in an incredibly abstract branch of mathematics (algebraic geometry).
I have the same question in my mind. Also thrilled though. I think there is a genuine fascination in HN and in general with Grothendieck [1], [2].
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Grothendieck [2]: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Grothendieck
Interesting, yeah. I guess he was the mathematical equivalent of the "rogue" archetype. Brilliant, did things in his own way, total lack of respect for authority, shrouded in mystery. I can definitely see the appeal =)
Sometimes, the best way to learn about abstruse topics one has a passing curiosity in is to upvote what pops up on HN and hope that some nerd might drop by and comment with a simplified intuitive picture for plebs :-)
These days, some nerds prefer to ask AI to confirm their (somewhat hard-earned) intuitive picture of why schemes were needed in the first place. To fix the problems with certain basic geometric notions of old timers? They are then so spooked that the AI instantly validates those intuitions without any relevant citations whatsoever that they decide not to comment :(
But still leave a hint to gung-ho nerds in the form of low-code exercises:
That's a theory, but I think it's more likely that the few people in the world who deeply understand schemes are locked in the basement of a mathematics department somewhere, and not on hacker news =P
Ah those who just camp in said basements might still be on HN then
Teach biologists that?
https://web.archive.org/web/20250115224532/http://www.dam.br...
https://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/2014/12/can_one_explain...
https://liorpachter.wordpress.com/2014/12/30/the-two-culture...
(2014)
With someone actually trying in 2002, using TFB for inspiration & M2 as a very early Jupyter/sage
https://web.archive.org/web/20250000000000*/https://mast.que...
(These bloggers as well as creator of M1 may want to chip in a dozen cts)
What's up with the raccoon on page 67?
oh yeah! that is insane.
Pretty sure that's a ferret.
The raccoon has ruined this for me…