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The officer looked happily and was writing something:
Interestingly, I had exactly the opposite experience in the 90-ties. When asked about my field of research I thought "what could you know about branches of mathematics", and answered "mathematics". However, the officer insisted to be more specific. I thought "as you wish" and expanded: "topology, more precisely algebraic topology, more precisely homotopy theory, more precisely homotopical localizations". The officer looked happily and was writing something…
От себя добалю что слышал про пограничных офицеров которые спрашивают кто придумал калкулюс и на ответ Ньютон поправляют Ньютон и Лейбниц, а также про офицеров которые просили объяснить поподробней что такое эргодическая теория.
Interestingly, I had exactly the opposite experience in the 90-ties. When asked about my field of research I thought "what could you know about branches of mathematics", and answered "mathematics". However, the officer insisted to be more specific. I thought "as you wish" and expanded: "topology, more precisely algebraic topology, more precisely homotopy theory, more precisely homotopical localizations". The officer looked happily and was writing something…
От себя добалю что слышал про пограничных офицеров которые спрашивают кто придумал калкулюс и на ответ Ньютон поправляют Ньютон и Лейбниц, а также про офицеров которые просили объяснить поподробней что такое эргодическая теория.
