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Ted Kaczynski's PhD Thesis

https://youtube.com/watch?v=wD4xrnzKN1Y

A full 2 hour cover of Ted's Ph.D dissertation if any of you are curious with the first half an hour covering all the prerequisites to understanding.

I will admit even though I've taken 2 semesters of measure theory once it reaches ~1:15:00 I have no fricking idea what he is talking about.

Cool video though

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I have only the most rudimentary understanding of measure theory, much of it probably under the guise of other fields (I.e. my understanding of the concept of almost everywhere). I think the only direct study of it I've done is related to the Vitali set.

Do I have the slightest hope of understanding this, and if not, what book should I read at work in the bathroom and/or loader?

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eh I mean you could try to but even though he tries his best to make it as presentable as possible it is very technical and the proofs will be lost on you (I know once the video passes the hour mark the proof is basically lost on me too) If you'd like to read some more on measure theory there there is an alright textbook that I used: Measure, Integral and Probability, by Marek Capinski and Ekkehard Kopp

(It assumes knowledge of real analysis but other than that its mostly entry level)

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It just so happens that I would. I think my real analysis is decently strong - at least good enough for Baby Rudin. That good enough?

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Yeah definitely, if you did Baby Rudin then this book is supposed to be the next step after.

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Yo ty boss I'll bring it with me to work

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