Timeline for Mathematical "urban legends"
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| Apr 13, 2011 at 22:26 | comment | added | Harry Altman | In a variation of the old "integral scheme of finite type over a field" story, I have actually seen Peter May answer the question "What's a ring?" with "Oh, a ring is just a Z-algebra." | |
| Apr 13, 2011 at 16:25 | comment | added | Gerhard Paseman | Another from the "I was there" file, Joel Hamkins may remember this from grad school: one Prof. (not J.) H. was lecturing on (related to Shelah's classification) something like omitting types, one of which was named p. H. said "but we can't do this, else it loses its p-ness and can't fork anymore". The class, not a mixed group, all laughed at this, and Prof. H. looked surprised. Some of us (Joel too, I think) later thought H. had worked that phrase in; it would be in character for H. (Joel, feel free to tell your view of it.) Gerhard "Don't Quote Me On This" Paseman, 2011.04.13 | |
| Apr 13, 2011 at 15:35 | history | answered | JWolper | CC BY-SA 3.0 |