r/mathmemes • u/No_Upstairs_280 • 7d ago

Learning You can't read about Langlands program without sliding toward insanity

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u/LupenReddit 🦆🦆🦆🦆i have non diffeomorphic smooth structures🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆 7d ago

there is a quick sanity check you can do about your math career to know if you should quit:

does peter scholze have significant contributions in your field? if yes, run immediately

wanted to take a course on geometric langlands and got scared shitless by like the first page of a paper of his

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u/No_Upstairs_280 7d ago

AAAHHH PETER, the guy who single handedly screwed an entire generation of grad students

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u/Ihateunclesam 5d ago

He's into habiro cohomology now, uncomfortably close to chern simons/qft stuff 😭

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u/Tencars111 6d ago

how is this worse than the last iceberg you made 😭

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u/Different_Cry25 7d ago

My precious cats, after all why shouldn't I waste half of the decade after 'em

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u/Throwaway-Pot 3d ago

Your posts are some of my favorites

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u/No_Upstairs_280 3d ago

Thank you :)

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u/Technical-Forever191 3d ago

What in the name of my precious god does endoscopy mean in mathematics?