“...the following parable may be useful. Long ago, when shepherds wanted to see if two herds of sheep were isomorphic, they would look for an explicit isomorphism. In other words, they would line up both herds and try to match… — John C. Baez Copy Share Image
“...the following parable may be useful. Long ago, when shepherds wanted to see if two herds of sheep were isomorphic, they would look for… — John C. Baez Copy Share Image
When somebody says to me-which they do like every 5 years- "How does it feel to be over the hill?" my response is, "I'm… — John C. Baez Copy Share Image
It's better to work with a nice category containing some nasty objects, than a nasty category containing only nice objects. — John C. Baez Copy Share Image
Any effect, constant, theorem or equation named after Professor X was first discovered by Professor Y , for some value of Y not equal… — John C. Baez Copy Share Image