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Hi there! I'm Danu, a Dutch postdoc student in mathematics at the university of Hamburg. Very broadly, I am interested in differential geometry; more specifically, I work on quaternionic manifolds. Another interest of mine is in the interactions between geometry and string (or gauge) theories.

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What led to the fall of Göttingen?
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When and how was the geometric understanding of gauge theories developed?
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Why is the Pythagorean Theorem so ubiquitous?
Dec 12 '14
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The history of different constructions of tangent spaces
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What mathematical developments/discoveries caused imaginary numbers to gain acceptance at the time (18th century) they did?
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How did Poincaré discover the fundamental group?
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Hilbert's reaction to Gödel's incompleteness theorems
Oct 28 '14
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Who are some great scientists/mathematicians with not-so-great pre/mid-career credentials?
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How come we attribute the general theory of relativity to Einstein?
Oct 29 '14
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Why did Einstein help in the development of the Quantum theory if he didn't agree with it?
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