Re: Famous unsolved problems in ordinary category theory

[Hasse Riemann <rafaelb77@hotmail.com>]

 

Dear Ronnie
 

This is what stuck with me from the e-mail

 

> One aim of mathematics is understanding, making difficult things easy,
> seeing why something is true. Thus improved exposition is an important part
> of the progress of mathematics (even if this is ignored by Research
> Assessment Exercises). 

 

Indeed they don't teach you this at the university, but somehow i always knew it.

It was obvious from the start, then i had to resist everyone trying to tell me otherwise.

I am glad that there are other who see this as well.

 

> Grothendieck wrote to me in 1982: `The introduction of the cipher 0 or the
> group concept was general nonsense too, and mathematics was more or less
> stagnating for thousands of years because nobody was around to take such
> childish steps ...'.

 

I like this quote since i like structuralizing mathematics.

Something to think about if you want to take the next step.

Fill in the void with a precise mathematical void.

 

Best regards

Rafael Borowiecki

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