Monthly Archives: June 2019

The stable cohomology of SL(F_p)

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Persiflage

Back by popular demand: an actual mathematics post! Today’s problem is the following: compute the cohomology of \(\mathrm{SL}(\mathbf{F}_p)\) for a (mod-p) algebraic representation. Step 0 is to say what this problem actually is. It makes sense to talk about certain … Continue reading →

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Harris versus Buzzard

Posted on June 12, 2019 by Persiflage

Michael Harris has a new article at quanta. The piece is (uncharacteristically?) coy, referring to the laments of two logicians without divulging either their names or their precise objections, making oblique references to a cabal of 10 mathematicians meeting at … Continue reading →

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