Tag Archives: Fundamental Lemma

The Arthurian Legend

Some time back, Kevin Buzzard (friend of the blog!) gave a series of talks in which he criticized certain aspects of the mathematical culture when it came to accepting proof. In addition to obvious targets like the classification of finite … Continue reading

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NT Seminar: A haruspicy

Following JSE’s advice, I will blog on something that I know absolutely nothing about. Apologies in advance for mathematical errors! SLM gave a number theory seminar this week about the first Betti number of \(\Gamma(n)\) — as \(n\) varies — … Continue reading

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