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1. • CommentRowNumber1.
   • CommentAuthorDavid_Corfield
   • CommentTimeMar 10th 2020
   • (edited Mar 10th 2020)
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   Author: David_Corfield
   Format: MarkdownItexSince we had an unfulfilled link to [[almost mathematics]] and someone was good enough to [tweet](https://twitter.com/syzygay1/status/1237219287116525570) about it, I thought I'd copy it in. No time at present to neaten it up. <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/almost+mathematics/1">v1</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/almost+mathematics">current</a>

   Since we had an unfulfilled link to almost mathematics and someone was good enough to tweet about it, I thought I’d copy it in. No time at present to neaten it up.

   v1, current

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   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeMar 10th 2020
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexadded some references: * [[Bhargav Bhatt]], _Almost Ring Theory I_ ([pdf](https://ncatlab.org/nlab/files/BhattAlmostRing.pdf)) * [[Ofer Gabber]], Lorenzo Ramero, _Almost ring theory_ ([arXiv:math/0002064](https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0002064)) * [[Gerd Faltings]], _Almost &#233;tale extensions_, Cohomologies p-adiques et applications arithmétiques (II), Astérisque no. 279 (2002), p. 185-270 ([numdam:AST_2002__279__185_0](http://www.numdam.org/item/AST_2002__279__185_0)) * Wikipedia, _[Almost ring](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_ring)_ Then I changed the page name from "almost mathematics" to "almost module". Okay? Otherwise it seems too much like a contest for inventing the worst possible terminology ever. :-) And notice that we have an old entry _[[almost scheme]]_ already. <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/almost+module/2">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/almost+module/2">v2</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/almost+module">current</a>

   added some references:

   • Bhargav Bhatt, Almost Ring Theory I (pdf)

   • Ofer Gabber, Lorenzo Ramero, Almost ring theory (arXiv:math/0002064)

   • Gerd Faltings, Almost étale extensions, Cohomologies p-adiques et applications arithmétiques (II), Astérisque no. 279 (2002), p. 185-270 (numdam:AST_2002__279__185_0)

   • Wikipedia, Almost ring

   Then I changed the page name from “almost mathematics” to “almost module”.

   Okay? Otherwise it seems too much like a contest for inventing the worst possible terminology ever. :-)

   And notice that we have an old entry almost scheme already.

   diff, v2, current

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   • CommentAuthorDavid_Corfield
   • CommentTimeMar 10th 2020
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   Author: David_Corfield
   Format: MarkdownItexSure. Is there a hint of something differential going on?

   Sure.

   Is there a hint of something differential going on?

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   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeMar 10th 2020
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexAlmost.

   Almost.

5. • CommentRowNumber5.
   • CommentAuthorUrs
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexJust kidding. There should be. The "almost"-terminology is really a linguistic degeneration from "almost zero", just in the sense of infinitesimals. I suppose? (I only almost looked at the literature...)

   Just kidding. There should be. The “almost”-terminology is really a linguistic degeneration from “almost zero”, just in the sense of infinitesimals. I suppose? (I only almost looked at the literature…)