Ciro Santilli @cirosantilli 37

WTF is a skew? "Antisymmetric" is just such a better name! And it also appears in other definitions such as antisymmetric multilinear map.

Given:the norm ends up being:

E.g. in ${\mathbb{C}}^2$:

Size: 10 micrometers.

Genome:

Proteins per cell: 42m: www.cell.com/pb-assets/journals/research/cell-systems/cels_384.pdf

Division time: 100 minutes.

Minimization project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharomyces_cerevisiae#Synthetic_yeast_genome_project | syntheticyeast.org/

This was THE craze thing in Brazil before Pokemon, it was shown from 1994 to 1997. In particular the collectible action figures! It was possibly more popular in Brazil than e.g. in the US: www.quora.com/Why-was-Saint-Seiya-so-popular-in-Brazil

The thing as quite violent, rated for 14-year olds, but no one gave a fuck, 7 yo Ciro was happily watching it. We protect children too much.

That series also had quite a religious feel to it (as obviously suggested by the series English name itself). It must also have been a great motivator to getting young kids into astronomy!

Ciro's favorite character was definitely Andromeda Shun. He was smart and thoughtful, and had the coolest most complex weapon: his chain whips. He's also a bit effeminate, with his pink clothing and a gentle way. Perhaps that is the reason for adult Ciro's mild fascination with the Andromeda Galaxy.

The English name is horrendous... the Portuguese/French name is so much better: Knights of the Zodiac! Saying this in English just reminded Ciro Santilli of the Zodiac Killer. But nevermind.

A member of the underlying field of a vector space. E.g. in ${\mathbb{R}}^3$, the underlying field is $\mathbb{R}$, and a scalar is a member of $\mathbb{R}$, i.e. a real number.

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From Scientific Autobiography by Max Planck translated by Frank Gaynor (1949):