Timeline for Homeomorphism of the circle with rational rotation number
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| Dec 8, 2013 at 21:04 | comment | added | Victor Protsak | This exchange reminds me of a classic Andre Weil anecdote. A mathematician addresses Weil: "Can I ask you a stupid question?" - "You just did", Weil snaps back. | |
| Dec 8, 2013 at 20:52 | comment | added | Patrick I-Z | @BenoîtKloeckner If people can teach me and prevent me to go open a book, I'm thankful. You see my point. OK then, I think we understand each other. | |
| Dec 8, 2013 at 20:30 | comment | added | Benoît Kloeckner | @PatrickI-Z: I find this question borderline not because everybody should know the answer, but because it seemed to me that any mathematician could find the answer, or at least explain what he or she tried in the question. And borderline does not mean clearly out of scope. | |
| Dec 8, 2013 at 10:45 | comment | added | Patrick I-Z | @BenoîtKloeckner I don't agree with the "borderline" label. Nobody is assumed to know everything on every subject, even on its own subject. I appreciate when specialists give their input even for some "naive" questions because sometime (depending on the qualities of the specialist) it can be enlightening. | |
| Dec 8, 2013 at 9:43 | history | edited | GH from MO | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
corrected spelling in the title
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| May 29, 2013 at 16:35 | comment | added | Loïc Teyssier | @Maxence: You could consider accepting the answer if it was helpful to you. The question was borderline because it is about a fairly classical fact that you should have found in introductory books on the topic… | |
| May 29, 2013 at 11:15 | comment | added | Maxence | Thank you for your hint. It is the first time I ask a question on this site, so can you explain what it seems borderline ? Thanks in advance? | |
| May 28, 2013 at 18:10 | answer | added | Loïc Teyssier | timeline score: 13 | |
| May 28, 2013 at 18:08 | comment | added | Benoît Kloeckner | This questions seems borderline for this site, but let me give you hint : What happens when you look at the interval $[x,x'[$ where $x$ is any point and $x'$ is the closest point forward that lies in the orbit of $x$, and then at iterates of $x+\varepsilon$ for small positive $\varepsilon$? | |
| May 28, 2013 at 16:37 | history | asked | Maxence | CC BY-SA 3.0 |