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|content= | |content=[[Isadore Singer]] & [[Raoul Bott]] worked in almost exactly the same area. They collaborated with exactly the same people. They worked in adjacent zip codes (02138 vs 02139). They both had claims to the "greatest topological theorem" of the 20th century. | ||
They never co-authored a paper. | They never co-authored a paper. | ||
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|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein | |usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein | ||
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|content=I've known only three minds personally who I'm convinced will be discussed 1000 years from now if humans survive: [[James Watson]], [[Raoul Bott]] and | |content=I've known only three minds personally who I'm convinced will be discussed 1000 years from now if humans survive: [[Jim Watson|James Watson]], [[Raoul Bott]] and [[Isadore Singer]] (I met [[Michael Atiyah|Atiyah]] & [[Ed Witten|Witten]] but did not know them). | ||
Is & Raoul however both collaborated on my rescue in Graduate school. | Is & Raoul however both collaborated on my rescue in Graduate school. | ||
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|timestamp=6:53 AM · Dec 15, 2021 | |timestamp=6:53 AM · Dec 15, 2021 | ||
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