What is the motivation for Large Cardinals in Set Theory?
>>16555299Initially it seemed like a good and natural way to extend the axiom of set theory to resolve basic questions like CH. Now it's just developed into a field of its own with its own interests.
>>16555299Any time you see a subfield of math being dominated by the Japanese, you just know it’s pure schizophrenia with no connection to the rest of mathematics.
>>16555305Large Cardinals are dominated by new york jews, not japanese.
>>16555308why exclusively NYC jews kek?
>>16555308It is both.
>>16555309Mistake. Not new york jews, I meant to say california jews.They're literally called the cabalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabal_(set_theory)
>>16555316>a set of set theoristswhoever wrote this must have had a blast
