16 points | by mindcrime 4 days ago
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Bott is often quoted as saying "Evrey mathematician has a secret weapon. Mine is Morse theory." Every time I see his name I've tried to look up a source. Finally found one:
https://mathoverflow.net/questions/100316/raoul-botts-quote-...
Anyway if you enjoyed this you might also enjoy
https://www.numdam.org/item/10.1007/BF02698544.pdf
I got confused because of the use of present tense as Bott's been gone for years. It needs a "(2002)"
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Bott is often quoted as saying "Evrey mathematician has a secret weapon. Mine is Morse theory." Every time I see his name I've tried to look up a source. Finally found one:
https://mathoverflow.net/questions/100316/raoul-botts-quote-...
Anyway if you enjoyed this you might also enjoy
https://www.numdam.org/item/10.1007/BF02698544.pdf
I got confused because of the use of present tense as Bott's been gone for years. It needs a "(2002)"
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