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Lucky Luciano

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6. I'm a mathematician, so I tip my hat. I used to be a topologist before I sold out to a better wage.

Reply to CloudWatcher (Original post)

Tue Aug 25, 2020, 02:07 AM

Aug 2020

My degree was actually in algebraic geometry though.

Low dimensional topology (meaning dimension 3 or 4) are particularly difficult, so much respect.

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