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John Baez, a cohomology expert and initial critic of Equational Theories, said he had never encountered Magma cohomology.

Unresolved speaker · Mathematics Just Changed Forever — Kevin Hartnett · 26 Oct 2026

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“John Baez, an expert in cohomology who had initially called the project a colossal waste of time, admitted that he had never encountered it.”
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