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Higher Homotopy Groups Are Spooky

Posted by pleure
Tags: mathematics, algebraic topology
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/higher-homotopy-groups-are-spooky/

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Evelyn Lamb
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  1. pleure
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    Here's a visualization of the Hopf fibration /u/wgxlir posted on reddit a while back! It's a really cool construction.

    Here's a visualization of the Hopf fibration /u/wgxlir posted on reddit a while back! It's a really cool construction.

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  2. gpl
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    Algebraic topology is one of those subjects that I wish I knew better, but the one course I took in it absolutely kicked my ass. I'm horrible at algebra but like topology, so I thought that might...

    Algebraic topology is one of those subjects that I wish I knew better, but the one course I took in it absolutely kicked my ass. I'm horrible at algebra but like topology, so I thought that might be enough to scrape by. Turns out AT is much more algebra than topology. Maybe I'll return to it one day.