AMA | October 2024

14412.392 - 14435.083 Sean Carroll

some people like MTW bend over backwards to geometrically visualize covectors, or I'm more of an algebra guy and don't see what the fuss is about. Yeah, there's a rough division of mathematicians into geometers and algebraists, right? People who like drawing pictures and looking at shapes, people who like writing equations and filling in the blanks in those equations. I'm closer to a geometer.