19 Sep
2008
19 Sep
'08
8 p.m.
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 01:13:21PM -0400, Andre Joyal wrote:
Is it the time for a new Bourbaki?
Do we imagine this new Bourbaki as just systematizing and presenting what we know already, or struggling to create brand new mathematics? I can imagine a new Bourbaki who tries to explain all of mathematics in the language of categories. But I can also imagine a new Bourbaki who tries to explain all of mathematics in the language of infinity-categories. It may be a bit too late for the first one, and a bit too early for the second one. Perhaps we need both! Best, jb