Iso (math fool)
@isomorphicphi.bsky.social
Background in theoretical physics/mathematics. Interested in mathematics, philosophy and physics. Now I teach. Some kind of anarchist communist, I guess. Swe/Eng.He/they.
Whaddup groupoids?
November 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Whaddup groupoids?
My phaneron has itchiness predicated of it
June 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
My phaneron has itchiness predicated of it
Abstract nonsense is way easier to understand the sixth time you go through it
June 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Abstract nonsense is way easier to understand the sixth time you go through it
She's called an inner product space because she's got a product in 'er
June 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
She's called an inner product space because she's got a product in 'er
[In optimistic naïvité:] I should start reading the Marx man again
March 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
[In optimistic naïvité:] I should start reading the Marx man again
My favorite kind of sheaf is the mist-sheaf
January 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
My favorite kind of sheaf is the mist-sheaf
New year, new (?) me
January 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
New year, new (?) me
Despite (or maybe because of) me being a dyed in the wool Kuhnian, I am repeatedly drawn to the ideas of Popper
December 31, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Despite (or maybe because of) me being a dyed in the wool Kuhnian, I am repeatedly drawn to the ideas of Popper
My favourite accessory is the Peirce
December 28, 2024 at 4:35 PM
My favourite accessory is the Peirce
Gottlob Frege is short for Got The Least Opper Bound Frege
December 28, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Gottlob Frege is short for Got The Least Opper Bound Frege
Charles Sanders Peirce would have been America's most forgotten philosopher, if people only had known of him in the first place
December 19, 2024 at 6:05 AM
Charles Sanders Peirce would have been America's most forgotten philosopher, if people only had known of him in the first place
'Gen Z' is short for 'generators of the center of the group'
December 13, 2024 at 6:00 PM
'Gen Z' is short for 'generators of the center of the group'
James Clerk Maxwell failed to realize that wells have minima, not maxima
December 13, 2024 at 4:55 PM
James Clerk Maxwell failed to realize that wells have minima, not maxima
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Chemists using a character table to look up molecular structures:
a spider man now way home poster with doctor strange
Alt: Doctor Strange making magical hand motions over a glowing grimoire
media.tenor.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Chemists using a character table to look up molecular structures:
Character theory has the air of forbidden, dark sorcery
December 13, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Character theory has the air of forbidden, dark sorcery
I am comically underprepared for my upcoming exam
December 12, 2024 at 4:50 PM
I am comically underprepared for my upcoming exam
If I could change one thing in notation it would be to make the minus sign unary (only), and have it bind stronger than any binary operation
December 12, 2024 at 7:28 AM
If I could change one thing in notation it would be to make the minus sign unary (only), and have it bind stronger than any binary operation
Spectacular cases of nominatuve determinism are Poynting inventing a vector field and Heaviside inventing a function where all the mass is on one side
December 12, 2024 at 6:30 AM
Spectacular cases of nominatuve determinism are Poynting inventing a vector field and Heaviside inventing a function where all the mass is on one side
Crooked algebra: it's not all modules over a ring, baby
December 11, 2024 at 6:32 AM
Crooked algebra: it's not all modules over a ring, baby
Test correcting is a lot
December 10, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Test correcting is a lot
Exe-Ma and Exe-Jesus
December 9, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Exe-Ma and Exe-Jesus
Imagine being such an Aaron Sorkin fan that you're called Gavin Newsroom
December 9, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Imagine being such an Aaron Sorkin fan that you're called Gavin Newsroom
I'm a epistemic utilitarian; when I see an ad saying "antibiotics are needed more rarely than you think", I decrease my belief in the need for antibiotics. So that we have to use it more rarely
December 9, 2024 at 3:50 PM
I'm a epistemic utilitarian; when I see an ad saying "antibiotics are needed more rarely than you think", I decrease my belief in the need for antibiotics. So that we have to use it more rarely
Friday brain thoughts:
That train is at rest, but it is at rest at a differrent speed than us
That train is at rest, but it is at rest at a differrent speed than us
December 6, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Friday brain thoughts:
That train is at rest, but it is at rest at a differrent speed than us
That train is at rest, but it is at rest at a differrent speed than us
Group theory is Norway coded
December 6, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Group theory is Norway coded