Miscellaneous

Notes, talks, links, media, and personal materials related to mathematics, AI, and other interests.

Notes and Essays

A slide used in my PhD defense.

PhD defense slides.

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A slide about the pro-étale site.

@ UIUC chromatic seminar.

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Notes about equivariant motivic homotopy theory.

@ UIUC graduate students homotopy theory seminar.

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Notes of the course smooth and etale extensions.

Notes of Prof. Sankar Dutta’s course ‘Smooth and Etale Extensions’ at UIUC, covering the first four chapters. Use at your own risk.

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Talks and Media

Scheduled interview with Physhan on Mathematics and AI

July · Video forthcoming

I will have a scheduled interview by Physhan on mathematics and AI in July. The video will be available in July.

Reading and Links

Fake Journal

A satirical and experimental journal-style website for unverifiable discoveries, playful academic writing, and parody research formats.

A real Monet labeled as AI on X

In May 2026, X user @SHL0MS posted an authentic Claude Monet Water Lilies painting while presenting it as AI-generated and asking people to critique why it was inferior to a real Monet. Many responses criticized the image as if it were AI-made, making the episode a useful example of how labels, expectations, and social context can shape aesthetic judgment.

Personal

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