Re:‘Outsiders’ Crack 50-Year-Old Math Problem (2015)
by waynecochran on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @08:37PM
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This is the opposite of credential creep ... the mathematicians with the credentials were really open minded and excited that someone from the "outside" had a solution! They didn't give a rip about the math pedigree.
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Re:‘Outsiders’ Crack 50-Year-Old Math Problem (2015)
by crankylinuxuser on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @08:54PM
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That's because CompSci and mathematics is definite. It doesn't matter if someone has PhD's up the wazoo, or didn't finish high school. If the theorem solves something, and it has a proof that shows it, it's accepted.
Other sciences are much more "soft" and have error bars and such. Someone with a "lesser pedigree" just couldn't cope with the special sciences. Nor could they afford the lab.