30-day Topological Quantum challenge

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Hey everyone,
This is more of a motivational thread, and of course if anyone wants to join in, please do! Any comments are welcome. It's also fine if no one comments.
Maybe don't remove the thread though please. I hope this might be useful later on for others as motivation.

So the challenge is to get through Steve Simon's TopoBook (http://www-thphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/people/SteveSimon and http://www-thphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/people/SteveSimon/topological2019/TopoBook-Feb10.pdf) in the next 30 days. I have some knowledge of undergrad Physics, so it should be doable. I am in exam term though, so I don't want to rush it - 30 days seems a lot.
I will post every day, or every few days about where I am in the book and what the most interesting things were, or what puzzled me. Feel free to drop comments or join me for this challenge.
 
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Why do you think you can go through a 355 page dense textbook in 30 days and come out with anything other than a surface level understanding? A good challenge would be chapters 1-7 in that book in 30 days, and even that is pushing it in my opinion!

Either way, good luck!
 
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romsofia said:
Why do you think you can go through a 355 page dense textbook in 30 days and come out with anything other than a surface level understanding? A good challenge would be chapters 1-7 in that book in 30 days, and even that is pushing it in my opinion!

Either way, good luck!
Thank you!
:)

At University this counts as one course, assuming 3-4 courses a term, one has 2-3 weeks for it. However I do have some other stuff to do, so I am giving it 3x the time.
Thanks again! :)