Reference List of Major Unifying Concepts
A short list of these theories might include:
- Cartesian geometry
- Calculus
- Complex analysis
- Galois theory
- Erlangen programme
- Lie group
- Set theory
- Hilbert space
- Computable function
- Characteristic classes
- Homological algebra
- Homotopy theory
- Grothendieck's schemes
- Langlands program
- Non-commutative geometry.
We illustrate the concept by discussing some of these themes in detail.
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