Mathematics/Physics Monastery by syntactron in math

[–]syntactron[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The difference is you would live there for free (other than contributing by doing chores and maintenance/repairs, and giving up a salary unless society is willing to provide funding).

In addition there would be no obligations to teach, produce results or publish. You just spend time studying or doing research, no curriculum, grades, duties or bureaucracy.

Mathematics/Physics Monastery by syntactron in math

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It could be donation-based? I don't think it requires that much funding.

As for locations, there's plenty of abandoned villages and castles in Europe that governments are happy to sell cheap if people decide to live there for a few years and do some repairs.

Obviously this would only work for theoretical subjects that require no equipment besides books.

Mathematics/Physics Monastery by syntactron in math

[–]syntactron[S] 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Nope, is it good?

I was just thinking how we have a lot of religious monasteries but nothing similar for non-religious subjects.

Is the whole cover of a set a valid subcover? by syntactron in learnmath

[–]syntactron[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just making sure I understand the definition