Eric O. Korman

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Name	Eric O. Korman
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grad student at upenn.

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Proofs of Bott periodicity

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jun 8 at 2:00 Robert Bruner 697●3●11

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What is torsion in differential geometry intuitively?

dg.differential-geometry intuition torsion

dec 16 at 6:48 Peter Michor 5,352●10●17

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Theoretical physics: Why not just R^4?

mp.mathematical-physics reference-request differential-topology four-manifolds

mar 22 11 at 6:50 Kelly Davis 1,093●1●7●16

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Motivation for algebraic K-theory?

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jun 14 11 at 14:25 Anil P 33●6

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Is there an analogue of curvature in algebraic geometry?

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jan 7 11 at 4:11 David Ben-Zvi 12.6k●1●28●50

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Is Fourier analysis a special case of representation theory or an analogue?

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dec 6 at 0:36 Steve Huntsman 8,139●1●22●56

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Intuitive explanation for the Atiyah-Singer index theorem

kt.k-theory-homology vector-bundles characteristic-classes

may 13 10 at 5:46 Dev Sinha 2,470●10●20

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Homotopy groups of Lie groups

at.algebraic-topology lie-groups

apr 12 11 at 20:03 Enrique Macias 81●2

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Examples where physical heuristics led to incorrect answers?

mp.mathematical-physics big-list

jul 9 10 at 13:42 Willie Wong 6,987●20●43

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Atiyah-Singer index theorem

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feb 24 11 at 7:20 Ezra Getzler 439●1●5●7

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What is the motivation for a vertex algebra?

mp.mathematical-physics

feb 2 11 at 14:46 Richard Borcherds 14.1k●2●54●82

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Errata for Atiyah-Macdonald

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mar 8 at 2:58 Junyan Xu 178●1●4●8

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How would you solve this tantalizing Halmos problem?

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jul 14 10 at 20:03 Bill Dubuque 2,168●13●20

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A reading list for topological quantum field theory?

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apr 27 11 at 21:05 Benjamin Horowitz 33●5

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Cohomology and fundamental classes

cohomology gn.general-topology dg.differential-geometry

apr 13 10 at 23:51 Anton Petrunin 16.4k●41●110