[iraqmtpizza]

It is of great comfort to learn that lazy writing did not exist in 1930. And no mathematician would have ever misrepresented his work to the public back then. They wore top hats then. Far too proper to stoop to lowly deception to achieve recognition.

>The n-dimensional unit sphere — called the n-sphere

LOL nevermind—I was right the first time. Thank you for confirming.

[kmill]

Ok, I see you are trolling. I tip my top hat to you, good day.

> Your failure to banish my suspicions despite effort makes me that much more confident in my original conclusion.

Side note: I've never considered this phenomenon in my life, and suddenly other people digging in in the face of evidence makes sense. A dubious "thank you" to you.

[iraqmtpizza]

it's fine to call them spheres in a freewheeling discussion with a fellow traveler but it's a deliberately misleading shortcut here. at the barest of minimums it could say topological n-spheres

And if you don't become more confident in your idea after a well-orchestrated yet entirely failed attempt to destroy it, you are not a rational person lol. it's called trial by fire and it's older than i am

the sensationalist nature of the writing has generated a lot of discussion so I guess it has does its job

[caf]

Wait 'til you hear what astronomers refer to as a "metal".

[iraqmtpizza]

Metallic hydrogen? yeah, i took astrophysics in college. pretty sure that just because something starts conducting doesn't mean it's a metal. but sure, professor

[QuesnayJr]

Are you doing an extended comedy bit or something?

A "metal" in astronomy is everything other than hydrogen or helium.

[iraqmtpizza]

And yet... metallic HYDROGEN. Now you see the comedy inherent in the system.