# Combinatorics, Lecture 3 (3 Oct 2019)

Lecture 2 here. Thanks again to Tim Hosgood for the beautiful pictures. The category of species Last time, we looked at the relationship between species and their generating functions, a formal power series associated to a species which lets you count structures described by the species. Now we'll take a closer look at species themselves. … Continue reading Combinatorics, Lecture 3 (3 Oct 2019)

# Combinatorics, Lecture 2 (1 Oct 2019)

In Lecture 1, we gave the idea of what a species is and saw a few examples. Now we'll explore the idea more and see more examples. We'll also talk about the connection to generating functions, and some operations that let us build new species from old. Thanks to Tim Hosgood for helping me out … Continue reading Combinatorics, Lecture 2 (1 Oct 2019)

# Combinatorics, Lecture 1 (26 Sep 2019)

John Baez is teaching a course on combinatorics this quarter. I'm taking detailed notes and texing them up. I'm also going to start blogging them. Credit to Tim Hosgood for the pictures. Prehistory of the course Larry Harper taught this course in the past. John is going to be talking about combinatorial species. He previously … Continue reading Combinatorics, Lecture 1 (26 Sep 2019)

# How I got into my research

Due to some conversations that were happening on Twitter, I feel compelled to tell the story of how I got into my research and the role that my advisor played. Note that I went to UC Riverside for my B.S., which is also where I'm doing my PhD now. Choosing an advisor In undergrad, I … Continue reading How I got into my research

# What is the Grothendieck construction like?

This is my best attempt at an intuitive introduction to the Grothendieck construction. I'll give you the definition, but not before warming up to the idea. I'll start with the earliest conceptual ancestor I could come up with: addition. Numbers, Addition What am I going to tell you about addition that you don't already know? … Continue reading What is the Grothendieck construction like?