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Fields of Math Anonymous 07/04/2023 (Tue) 15:01:48 No. 45 [Reply]

Which one is the hardest? Which one has the most potential for progress?

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Anonymous 07/04/2023 (Tue) 15:35:46 No. 47

>>45 I'd say topology is the hardest. and quantum physics has the most potential

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Anonymous 07/04/2023 (Tue) 18:37:38 No. 49

>>45 AI and machine learning have been accelerating in recent years.. and it still has the most potential for progress. >>47 I'd say topology is the hardest as well.

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Anonymous 07/10/2023 (Mon) 02:03:51 No. 93

idk about hardest I'd say most potential is computational complexity theory, since it's one of the newest fields (and thus there's more 'low-hanging fruit' as it were) and results are already having implications in other unrelated fields (see the MIP* = RE proof for an example).

Anonymous 07/08/2023 (Sat) 07:15:05 No. 77 [Reply]

Do you prefer STEM subjects or English related stuff or History/Humanities related subjects more?

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Anonymous 07/08/2023 (Sat) 10:54:41 No. 79

Is is a copout to say both? Because I *do* find both more or less equally interesting.

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Anonymous 07/08/2023 (Sat) 11:00:48 No. 81

>>79 So STEM, English, Humanities are on the same level for you?

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Anonymous 07/08/2023 (Sat) 11:21:46 No. 82

>>81 English is less.

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Anonymous 07/09/2023 (Sun) 10:31:29 No. 87

While I like math more, and I have more interest in it. I have found English related things more useful in my current life. I hate English subjects, but it is useful for basically everything. Unfortunately

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Anonymous 07/09/2023 (Sun) 10:40:25 No. 88

>>87 What's your major if you're having one? I'm majoring in computer science, so math is more important to me With English skills you need, you can easily learn the useful stuff either online or in a basic class. I liked to read growing up, so I definitely like literature, but didn't really like studying it that much.

Torsion in General Relativity Anonymous 07/08/2023 (Sat) 11:00:35 No. 80 [Reply]

GR is torsion-free. Why? And what would a patch of spacetime with torsion even look like?

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Anonymous 07/08/2023 (Sat) 22:56:17 No. 85

>Why? makes the theory simpler and makes sense >what would a patch of spacetime with torsion even look like? twists and turns in its geometry making the way things move around depend on the path they take and giving gravity a weird effect on matter

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Anonymous 07/09/2023 (Sun) 00:19:08 No. 86

>>85 Are there any computer simulations out there that visualize the effect? I've been looking but can't find any.

Life on Titan Anonymous 07/06/2023 (Thu) 01:25:21 No. 57 [Reply]

I've heard people say this before, but idk the arguments for it. Is it possible?

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Anonymous 07/07/2023 (Fri) 00:50:32 No. 70

Life on Titan? Yeah, there was for a few hours

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Anonymous 07/07/2023 (Fri) 01:05:22 No. 71

>>70 I think you forgot the "ic"

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Anonymous 07/07/2023 (Fri) 02:02:39 No. 72

>>67 Titan becoming warmer in the future is only a slight possibility It's still being researched because the climate is mostly influenced by methane and ethane (kind of like Earth's water cycle)

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Anonymous 07/07/2023 (Fri) 02:46:56 No. 75

>>71 No, The submarine was called "Titan"

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Anonymous 07/08/2023 (Sat) 00:19:31 No. 76

read the above wikipedia page the tl;dr is that conditions seem favorable to a certain type of hypothetical life and there is some weird chemistry going on near the surface that isn't easily explained without it

Interesting Grammatical Features Anonymous 07/02/2023 (Sun) 02:22:01 No. 28 [Reply]

Personally, I like switch-reference cases. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switch-reference

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Anonymous 07/02/2023 (Sun) 09:43:56 No. 33

How do switch references affect coherence of sentences that have this feature?

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Anonymous 07/03/2023 (Mon) 05:02:25 No. 41

>>33 switch reference markers show if subject in a subordinate clause is the same as the subject in the main clause or a different subject to make sentences more clear

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Anonymous 07/03/2023 (Mon) 16:40:33 No. 42

I don't understand can you explain to me in simple english and an example too sorry thank you

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Helloworld2023 07/03/2023 (Mon) 16:46:37 No. 43

>>42 an example: >while he did a thing, he(same person) did another thing vs >while he did a thing, he(different person) did another thing but imagine those parens were case markers

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Anonymous 07/03/2023 (Mon) 16:57:52 No. 44

>>43 I see now thank you very much. very intresting

p-adic numbers Anonymous 07/01/2023 (Sat) 22:52:01 No. 27 [Reply]

they're pretty neat Introductions for laymen: https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-the-towering-p-adic-numbers-work-20201019/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRaq4aYPzCc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gyHKCDq1YA

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Anonymous 07/02/2023 (Sun) 11:15:21 No. 35

What's the difference between p-adic numbers and real numbers? In terms of their algebraic and topological properties

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Anonymous 07/03/2023 (Mon) 01:15:59 No. 40

>>35 I know some values of p contain complex numbers.

Indus Valley Civilization Anonymous 07/02/2023 (Sun) 19:16:39 No. 38 [Reply]

What happened to it? (;ﾟДﾟ)

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Anonymous 07/02/2023 (Sun) 22:34:39 No. 39

It just disappeared, likely due to changes in the environment (river shifts and climate change), and some other stuff. The exact reason is still up for debate tho..

Origin of Life Studies Anonymous 07/01/2023 (Sat) 18:48:58 No. 21 [Reply]

I think this field is really interesting. So many possibilities! For example, here's a paper I found recently: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsif.2021.0641

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Anonymous 07/01/2023 (Sat) 21:51:08 No. 25

This field of research does seem interesting For those reading this thread too lazy to read: The paper gives an interesting perspective on cooperative relationship between peptides and nucleic acids It shows importance for further experiments to show the early evolutionary processes.

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Anonymous 07/01/2023 (Sat) 22:02:46 No. 26

>>21 SlimeGal so cute!

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Anonymous 07/02/2023 (Sun) 09:40:10 No. 32

>>25 It's interesting to know the complex ways these tiny molecules shaped the living things we see today >>26 Indeed

Cool Organisms Anonymous 07/01/2023 (Sat) 11:42:47 No. 16 [Reply]

share cool living things here I'll start: The oriental hornet's cuticle acts as a photovoltaic cell, the electricity from which is used to power a heating organ in its thorax.

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Anonymous 07/01/2023 (Sat) 11:51:17 No. 17

Caracals are cute & pretty interesting While they're wild animals I would love to keep one as a pet They're pretty aggressive, but it makes for good house security The ears kind of remind me of bat ears

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Anonymous 07/01/2023 (Sat) 14:11:32 No. 18

>>17 El Floppa

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Anonymous 07/02/2023 (Sun) 03:23:20 No. 30

An Axolotl which can regenerate lost limbs like its spinal cord, even parts of its heart of brain

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Anonymous 07/02/2023 (Sun) 09:19:53 No. 31

Lyrebirds can mimic a large range of sounds like other living beings, but also make mechanical sounds

Anonymous 07/01/2023 (Sat) 00:06:56 No. 7 [Reply]

What have you been studying recently /aca/? I've been looking into Lambda Calculus and Hindley–Milner type system for my Master Thesis in Computer Science

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Anonymous 07/01/2023 (Sat) 00:31:06 No. 11

I recently watched a series of lectures on the history of the Eastern Woodlands that was interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2ePClnkaAE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAoN9Pl4THs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puwhuz2j1pE

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Anonymous 07/01/2023 (Sat) 07:34:51 No. 12

I've been trying to study Japanese but mainly Mandarin. I grew up being a pretty bad language learner, and it's pretty bad that I grew up in a Mandarin speaking house and didn't start learning it until now (I grew up in America) I also like learning Japanese so I can finally read more untranslated manga!

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