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  • generationP 2 minutes ago
    This one is not just in Dummit and Foote; it's just too easy to miss. I'd guess it appears in half the places that state this result. Fixed it in my own lecture notes a few months ago.
  • Paracompact 22 minutes ago
    It warms my heart every time I see an interactive proof assistant being used to improve rather than simply slow down mathematical thinking.

    After years of using the things, I believe not enough focus is given to high-velocity uses of proof assistants for prototyping. They can altogether replace scratch paper for fumbling around with new concepts.

    • dnautics 8 minutes ago
      WIP, but that is the target ethos in the prover I'm building:

      https://github.com/ityonemo/bpa

      Its painfully verbose and explicit but its designed to let you cut down to the structure of the proof with a query language