Gal(Q-/Q) is probably the best candidate for a mathematical mandala.
Baez says "Gal(Q-/Q) is like the holy grail. It's the symmetry group of the algebraic numbers, and the key to how all algebraic number fields sit inside each other! But alas, this group is devilishly complicated. In fact, it has literally driven men mad. One of my grad students knows someone who had a breakdown and went to the mental hospital while trying to understand this group!"
anyone with direct perception of Gal(Q-/Q) is invited to report to the door of mathematics as a whole and start talking. Now.
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