Lacan makes difficult reading. No doubt about it. This, at
least, is common ground to sympathizers and detractors of
Lacan alike. Clearly, it is an understatement to say that when
mathematical science is added to the equation, things do not
become any easier. Most of us already feel insecure with the
simplest of mathematical statements, let alone references to
esoteric-sounding subdisciplines such as general topology or
knot theory.