Yonatan Zunger (zunger) wrote,
Yonatan Zunger
zunger

Friday night...

...and I'm sitting in a cafe, drinking coffee and trying to understand K-theory. It's probably a sign that I'm a geek, that this seems to be one of the most wonderful ways possible to spend a Friday night.

Incidentally, since I know there are other geeks out there: Does anyone happen to have a good intuition for Bott periodicity, in any context whatsoever? (Topological K-theory, algebraic K-theory, cohomology, something else...) I'm feeling very stuck in not having a good intuition for why it works.
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anthologie

November 19 2004, 22:21:02 UTC 11 years ago

Ummm... Errr... *looks at feet*

sdragon

November 19 2004, 22:22:00 UTC 11 years ago

sounds like a great way to spend a Friday night. :)

I think, however, that I am going to turn in early tonight since I have no reason (TDS) to stay up late.

artistic_chaos

November 19 2004, 22:38:07 UTC 11 years ago

I have no idea what you're talking about :)

But Chris wants to talk math with you... check your stanford email.

steine

November 20 2004, 09:08:41 UTC 11 years ago

K's theory - Don't make it any harder than it has too be! 0:-)

zunger

November 20 2004, 12:56:19 UTC 11 years ago

Phbbbt. :)

steine

November 20 2004, 23:05:15 UTC 11 years ago

Oh, you mean that other K's theory? :-D

zunger

November 21 2004, 00:55:41 UTC 11 years ago

Hmm... has G developed a K-theory? Does it work reliably? :)

mockinggreylock

November 21 2004, 09:29:51 UTC 11 years ago

How about:

  • There is no system of disorder that K cannot, given necessary time and materials, render into order, often with an indexed inventory and maintenance schema to be employed in case of entropy.

    • zunger

    November 21 2004, 14:26:22 UTC 11 years ago

    Odd you should say that... the K-theory I'm buried in is a generalization of Index theory. :)