Dean Ball: Savor the Renaissance-Flavored Mathematical Transformation
deanwball · x · 2026-10-07
Dean Ball recommends savoring the renaissance-flavored part of the current transformation: even non-mathematicians should pick one or two results and try to understand them conceptually. He calls it a beautiful day.
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