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Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 02 July 2013 08:03:29PM *  14 points [-]

Working on a new TDT writeup for MIRI.

Working on my classes for SPARC.

Writing a long series of math blog posts around the interface of logic, type theory, and category theory. I may not be able to summon the willpower to get through every topic I want to cover, but if I do then the light at the end of the tunnel is homotopy type theory, and I may also attempt to learn Haskell as a side effect.

Comment author: Fhyve 03 July 2013 07:07:51AM 0 points [-]

Why Haskell and not Coq or Agda? That's where all the HoTT stuff is being done anyways.

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 03 July 2013 08:55:05AM 0 points [-]

Good point. I know some nice Haskell tutorials and haven't looked around to see if there are comparably nice Coq tutorials, but I guess it's worth looking.

Comment author: Fhyve 03 July 2013 09:38:21AM *  1 point [-]

Tutorials/texts that I know of are Software Foundations, Andrej Bauer's tutorial, and this Hott-Coq tutorial. It looks like installing the HoTT library is a huge pain in the arse though so I think I'll stick with vanilla Coq until either I get one of my CS friend to install it for me, or they make a more user friendly install.

Edit: also this

Comment author: Benito 02 July 2013 10:27:13PM 0 points [-]

As someone who didn't get past the second round of the SPARC applications this year, have you any recommendations of how I might be able to get a similar education at all?

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 02 July 2013 11:22:32PM 3 points [-]

Take this course in Singapore?

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 03 July 2013 01:15:18AM 1 point [-]

Wow, awesome. This is particularly interesting to me because I'm in the process of designing a neo-liberal arts homeschool curriculum for my son (who is currently an infant). Thanks for the link.

Comment author: Benito 03 July 2013 06:38:52AM *  0 points [-]

That's brilliant, thanks.