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Intuition behind the diagonal lemma while proving Tarski's theorem about truth [duplicate]
Let $F$ be a first order logic theory with a set of axioms that are primitively recursive and are supposed to capture arithmetic (in particular, we can define a Gödel number. Let $\mathbb N$ be the st …
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Why the circle for Pontryagin duality? [duplicate]
For a locally compact group $G$, we define the Pontryagin dual as $\hat G = Hom(G,\mathbb T)$ where $\mathbb T$ is the circle group and the homomorphisms are continuous group maps. This duality has a …
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Relative cohomology in algebraic topology vs algebraic geometry
There is a notion of relative cohomology in both algebraic topology and algebraic geometry and the flexibility granted by this relative viewpoint is quite powerful in both cases. However, the two noti …
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Why is the definition of the higher homotopy groups the "right one"?
If someone asked me the question for the fundamental group, I would answer as follows:
The connection to classification of covering spaces.
The fundamental group of many spaces is an object of indep …