Comments on: Now here’s an idea http://www.neverendingbooks.org/index.php/now-heres-an-idea.html lieven le bruyn's blog Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:45:28 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kea http://www.neverendingbooks.org/index.php/now-heres-an-idea.html/comment-page-1#comment-8221 Kea Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:33:17 +0000 http://www.neverendingbooks.org/?p=1960#comment-8221 <p>David, you're not the one who needs a warning.</p> David, you’re not the one who needs a warning.

]]> By: lieven http://www.neverendingbooks.org/index.php/now-heres-an-idea.html/comment-page-1#comment-8219 lieven Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:48:02 +0000 http://www.neverendingbooks.org/?p=1960#comment-8219 <p>3 main reasons :</p> <ul> <li>i'll probably be teaching a TQFT-course next year </li> <li>most blogs on my aggregator are pretty categorical </li> <li>maths future is, alas, more cats</li> </ul> <p>in case anyone else is considering a maths/cats conversion, here's the 3 step procedure that worked for me :</p> <ol> <li>read Jonathan Kock's book on Frobenius algs and 2d TQFTs </li> <li>watch Ben-Zvi's lectures at the Langlands-duality thing at KITP </li> <li>read Lurie's paper until you had your fill </li> </ol> <p>still a way to go...</p> 3 main reasons :

  • i’ll probably be teaching a TQFT-course next year
  • most blogs on my aggregator are pretty categorical
  • maths future is, alas, more cats

in case anyone else is considering a maths/cats conversion, here’s the 3 step procedure that worked for me :

  1. read Jonathan Kock’s book on Frobenius algs and 2d TQFTs
  2. watch Ben-Zvi’s lectures at the Langlands-duality thing at KITP
  3. read Lurie’s paper until you had your fill

still a way to go…

]]> By: David Corfield http://www.neverendingbooks.org/index.php/now-heres-an-idea.html/comment-page-1#comment-8218 David Corfield Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:38:33 +0000 http://www.neverendingbooks.org/?p=1960#comment-8218 <p>Of course, you'd be very welcome to write guest posts about your experiences in re-educating as an n-categorist, anonymously or otherwise. Can you give us an indication as to why n-categories?</p> Of course, you’d be very welcome to write guest posts about your experiences in re-educating as an n-categorist, anonymously or otherwise. Can you give us an indication as to why n-categories?

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