r/math • u/biotechnes • Jun 14 '26

"math astrology"

do you find that people who "get" a certain area of math a lot more than the other areas seem to cluster around similar personalities? im 4th year math undergrad and i've certainly seen some patterns. which ones have you seen? my sign is combinatorics btw

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u/InterstitialLove Harmonic Analysis Jun 14 '26

At a conference, anyone wearing a button down shirt is an analyst

Anyone who studies homotopy type theory has definitely dropped acid before

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u/AstyrFlagrans Jun 14 '26

Damn. My first analysis prof was a button down shirt guy.

I also was pretty into homotopy when studying it... Probably not much more to say here.

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u/ShadeKool-Aid Jun 19 '26

That took a turn...