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The aphorism is cultivated only by those who have known
fear in the midst of words, that fear of collapsing with all the words.

                                                   If it weren't for our doubts about ourselves, all skepticism
                                                   would be dead letter, conventional anxiety, philosophical
                                                   doctrine.

E M Cioran

                                                  ‘mathematics = ontology’

                                                   First, this assertion frees us from the venerable search for the

                                          foundation of mathematics, since the apodeictic nature of this

                                                   Discipline is wagered directly by being itself, which it pronounces.

                                                   Second, it disposes of the similarly ancient problem of

  mathematical objects. -----.  If the argument …...holds up, the

  truth is that there are no mathematical objects.  Strictly speaking

  mathematics presents nothing, without constituting for all that an

  empty game, because not having anything to present, besides

  presentation itself---…….---and thereby never adopting the form

  of the ob-ject, such is certainly a condition of all discourse on being

  qua being.

            Third, in terms of the ‘application’ of mathematics to …….

  If mathematics is the science, in any case, of everything that is,

  insofar as it is. … It requires more, or rather, something else, but

  its compatibility with mathematics is a matter of principle.

  Alan Badiou, 1988

 

Harvey Charlton; Math dept
Office: HA 203
Phone: (919) 513-2291
E-mail: charlton@math.ncsu.edu

Spring 2001 Courses:  MA 502 - 001, MA 502 - 601, and NTU MA 581 - P

Summer 2001 Course: MA 502- 601

Fall 2001 Courses: MA 501 - 001, 601, 603

Spring 2002 Courses: MA 502 - 601, MA 121 - 005

Summer 2002:  MA 501 - 601

Fall 2002: MA 501-002, MA 501-60,1  MA 511-002

Spring 2003: MA 502-001, MA 502-601, MA 502-602

Summer 2003: MA 341-052, MA 501 - 651

Fall 2003: MA 341-006, MA 501-601  

Spring 2004: MA 341-001, MA 502-601

Summer 2004: MA 501-651, MA 502-651

Fall 2004: MA242-010, MA 501-601

Spring 2005: MA 502-601 and 602, MA 403-001

Summer 2005: MA 501-651, MA 502-651

Fall 2005:  MA501Fall05.html, MA121fall05.html

Spring 2006:  MA 501-001: MA501sprg06.html,   MA 502-601:  MA502sprg06.html

Summer 2006:  MA 501-651, MA 502-651

Fall 2006: MA501Fall06.html, MA502Fall2006.htm

Spring 2007: MA 501-001 and 601

Summer 2007: MA 501-651 and MA 502-651

Fall 2007: MA 501-601

Spring 2008: MA 308-001, MA 501-601, MA502-601

Summer 2008: MA 501-651, MA 502-651