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Sep 30, 2011 at 2:58 vote accept Lunasaurus Rex
Jul 28, 2011 at 23:07 vote accept Lunasaurus Rex
Sep 30, 2011 at 2:58
Jul 28, 2011 at 23:07 vote accept Lunasaurus Rex
Jul 28, 2011 at 23:07
Jul 28, 2011 at 23:07 vote accept Lunasaurus Rex
Jul 28, 2011 at 23:07
Jul 28, 2011 at 23:07 vote accept Lunasaurus Rex
Jul 28, 2011 at 23:07
Jul 28, 2011 at 22:09 comment added Lunasaurus Rex Sometimes a necessary evil.
Jul 28, 2011 at 22:08 answer added Sridhar Ramesh timeline score: 23
Jul 28, 2011 at 22:05 comment added Lunasaurus Rex I agree with all that you have just said. However, making the choices seems "evil".
Jul 28, 2011 at 22:02 comment added Qiaochu Yuan It is a functor; you just have to make a bunch of choices of what objects to call "the" colimit of what diagrams, but once you do that all of the corresponding morphisms work out just fine by abstract nonsense.
Jul 28, 2011 at 21:41 history asked Lunasaurus Rex CC BY-SA 3.0