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Re:At the International Mathematical Olympiad, computers pre... by saagarjha on Monday September 21, 2020 @04:18PM (#24547977)
"Elementary" in the sense of "introductory", not in the sense of "taught in elementary school".
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Re:At the International Mathematical Olympiad, computers pre... by SketchySeaBeast on Monday September 21, 2020 @04:31PM (#24548108)
I understand that, but elementary quantum physics is still grossly past the level of the students and required more advanced theory just to get to that elementary level understanding of the subject.
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Re:At the International Mathematical Olympiad, computers pre... by saagarjha on Monday September 21, 2020 @04:34PM (#24548145)
Right, but this is elementary mathematics that is specifically chosen so that university-level mathematics is not required. (And rarely helps.)
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