mathposting 

I'm hip-deep in what's turning out to be a three-dimensional commutative diagram, someone save me from myself

mathposting 

anyway what I'm saying is, crystal aunties into """sacred geometry""" ain't got *shit* on me

mathposting, foxposting 

like just fuckin LOOK at this, how am I supposed to get my teeth into it

mathposting, foxposting 

"does this even mean anything?
y͟e͟s͟."

mathposting, foxposting 

I am at a point where I have to invent my own notation and I am *not* doing a good job of it, let me tell you.

mathposting, foxposting 

my notation is a godsdamned trashfire, but it's *my* trashfire.

I'll post the diagram I'm working on when I'm done so you can all stare at it and go glassy-eyed!

mathposting, foxposting 

Guess which fox finally finished this gigantic diagram that hopefully points the way to the math prey

(me. it's me. I am a very tired fox now and I'm going to go lie down for a bit.)

re: mathposting, foxposting 

@lorxus I don't know what i'm looking at but it's quite impressive and you did a good job!
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re: mathposting, foxposting 

@Felthry Basically, it's me going through a construction process from another paper, except with an added layer on top of it, checking all the way through that the extra layer doesn't mess anything up.

Think of it like this: I'm a chemistry PhD, and I read a paper where the author(s) synthesized some weird new chemical that's simpler than but pretty similar to a chemical that *I* want to synthesize. So I repeat the process they did, except I added in some additional desirable (but unstable) functional group from the start, and I'm checking that the reactions still work all the way through.

Does that help?

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re: mathposting, foxposting 

@lorxus hmm, kind of! that kind of math goes way over our heads honestly, but it sure looks impressive
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