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I am an algebraic topologist, based at the University of Sheffield.

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How misleading is it to regard $\frac{dy}{dx}$ as a fraction?
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Homomorphism from $\hat{\mathbb{Z}}$ to $\mathbb{Z}$
May 24, 2011
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Total spaces of $TS^2$ and $S^2 \times R^2$ not homeomorphic
Mar 27, 2012
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How can there be topological 4-manifolds with no differentiable structure?
Mar 10, 2011
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How much mathematics has been formally verified?
May 31, 2016
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Duals and Tensor products
Feb 22, 2011
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Which mathematical definitions should be formalised in Lean?
Sep 22, 2018
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Morava K-theories for dummies?
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The homotopy category is not complete nor cocomplete
May 20, 2016
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Techniques for debugging proofs
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