Sheafification – The optimal path to mathematical mastery: The fast track (2022)

2-3 seems wildly optimistic for reading that list and actually consolidating the knowledge. During my math PhD I ready a fraction of that number of books. It’d be more convincing if someone was provided as an example of “mastering mathematics” (whatever that means) through this curriculum and timeframe.

Even one of these topics I would say it would take most PhDs at least 2-3 years to “master”. I feel like at the end of my math PhD (5 years, 3 focused solely on my research area) I had just scratched the surface of mastery in my sub field, and that’s with 3 published papers.

I guess you’re right though, defining “mastery” is the key missing point here.