Wadge Degrees – the origin story | Bill Wadge's Blog
I’m fortunate enough to have a mathematical concept named after me. And not just Wadge degrees. There’s also the Wadge hierarchy, Wadge reducibility, and the Wadge game. In fact I’ve seen people say they’re interested in “Wadge theory”. A whole theory! I’ve posted about this before but that was mainly technical and for most readers not all that accessible. It left out the human element, the passion, the drama, the thrill of victory etc. So here’s the real story. I arrived in Berkeley (California) fresh from getting a math degree at UBC in Vancouver. I arrived a long time ago, ...
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