Talk:Topological modular forms

In other words, can someone explain to us regular folks why this is important to us? Realkyhick 20:12, 26 March 2007 (UTC)


 * This is inappropriate use of the technical tag. You are supposed to explain what is too technical about it.  Many technical topics are not important to "regular folks".  --C S (talk) 12:07, 25 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Although tmf is a technically very demanding topic, is it possible to write in a way which is enjoyable also for non-experts in stable homotopy theory. See the ICM article by Hopkins and the survey by Lurie in the references. The article should be rewritten in a more reader-friendly and complete way. If I have time and nobody else is willing, I will try... --Cardano (talk) 21:59, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

"Indeed, these two rings become isomorphic after inverting 6." I assume "6" is some fact from some notes somewhere? What is it? Algebra123230 (talk) 18:15, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Technical jargon
It would be helpful if someone with technical knowledge could translate this (especially the introductory paragraph) into language for the layperson. For example, a TMF analyst does what? why? how? Where (e.g., in industry?) would TMF be found? What is the significance or importance? How does TMF compare to any alternatives or parallel approaches? Also, is there a primer or a topic that can be used to bring a layperson up to a level sufficient for a basic understanding of the above? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.172.213.165 (talk) 18:42, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

Todo/Resources
Wundzer (talk) 03:21, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
 * https://etale.site/writing/tmf-seminar-talk.pdf
 * https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.07990