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Recorded at brunch on 6/17/12 at Mijares Mexican Restaurant, Pasadena, CA.
Artin very wisely identifies these matrix groups as more fundamental–and they are. They come up much more in mathematics. Linear algebra is the central subject of mathematics. You cannot learn too much linear algebra. That’s the basic principle for all of you going on in mathematics.
Linear algebra is presented as sort of stupid stuff, [but] you cannot learn too much linear algebra.
Benedict Gross, Ph.D., George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University
in Abstract Algebra, Lecture 2 at 14:25 via Harvard Extension
disconfirmation bias: n. The tendency to accept supportive evidence of a belief uncritically, but to actively refute or discount evidence that challenges that belief.
This must certainly be the quote of the week from English author Alan Bennett’s play Forty Years On:
Foster: I’m still a bit hazy about the Trinity, sir. Schoolmaster: Three in one, one in three, perfectly straightforward. Any doubts about that see your maths master.
