Timeline for Physicist trying to understand modern mathematics
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| Sep 3, 2018 at 18:08 | comment | added | LSpice | I can't believe that this question has been up for three years without anyone protesting "there is no royal road to string theory". | |
| Sep 3, 2018 at 17:06 | comment | added | Qfwfq | Does string theory really need many branches of maths besides topology, a bit of differential geometry, and algebraic geometry? | |
| Sep 3, 2018 at 16:04 | comment | added | Avi Steiner | I would highly encourage finding mathematicians who work in the areas you want to learn about and who also know things about physics. Ask them questions, and maybe even see if they’re interested in collaborating. | |
| Sep 3, 2018 at 10:37 | answer | added | mo-user | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 3, 2018 at 10:32 | comment | added | mo-user | See also mathoverflow.net/questions/51204/… | |
| Feb 5, 2015 at 11:02 | comment | added | HJRW | Obviously it's impossible to learn 'virtually every ... branch of math[s]' quickly. On the other hand, actual string theorists don't, in fact, become experts in 'virtually every ... branch of math', although many of them are very talented mathematicians. You should find an advisor in string theory (for example, your PhD advisor if you are a graduate student) and ask them what they think you need to know. | |
| Feb 5, 2015 at 8:26 | answer | added | Zurab Silagadze | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 5, 2015 at 0:29 | comment | added | mdg | There are no shortcuts - only persistence and hard work. | |
| Feb 5, 2015 at 0:11 | answer | added | Jim Bryan | timeline score: 13 | |
| Feb 4, 2015 at 9:48 | comment | added | jmc | Most mathematicians focus on a very narrow field for a reason: it takes all their time to get a good (maybe even deep) understanding of that narrow field. I am tempted to say that you are asking “the answer to life the universe and everything” in a quick way. Well, the quick answer is: 42. | |
| Feb 4, 2015 at 9:45 | comment | added | Carlo Beenakker | physics.stackexchange.com/questions/2528/… | |
| Feb 4, 2015 at 8:35 | comment | added | Hjalmar Rosengren | I suspect you would get much more helpful answers to this question from physicists than from mathematicians. | |
| Feb 4, 2015 at 8:13 | comment | added | Asaf Karagila♦ | This is very applicable here. | |
| Feb 4, 2015 at 7:37 | comment | added | Joonas Ilmavirta | If your question is "Is there a quick way to gain a deep understanding of most branches of mathematics used in string theory?", the answer is most certainly no. Big things take a lot of time. | |
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