Timeline for Which mathematical ideas have done most to change history?
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| Feb 5, 2010 at 0:00 | comment | added | Cam McLeman | There's a difference? | |
| Feb 4, 2010 at 22:21 | comment | added | Kevin H. Lin | How have categories, sheaves, cohomology, etc. changed history? Maybe they've changed mathematical history, but I don't see how they've changed human history at large (yet). | |
| Feb 2, 2010 at 0:51 | comment | added | Harry Gindi | +1 for sheaves. I'll also add Yoneda to your list. And remember sheaves are not algebraic geometry, they're pure category theory (with descent given by cech cohomology or classical grothendieck topologies). | |
| Feb 1, 2010 at 15:35 | history | edited | Cam McLeman | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Feb 1, 2010 at 14:57 | history | answered | Cam McLeman | CC BY-SA 2.5 |