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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by markus_zhang on Monday November 07, 2022 @06:05PM (#33513805)
Just curious how many examples that show FIRST major discovery after say 40? I think I spotted a few.
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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by astrange on Monday November 07, 2022 @06:19PM (#33513916)
This was an interesting one - a proof by a 67 year old retiree that nobody in the field knew about for 2-3 years after because they didn't read their email.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/20170328-statistician-proves-...

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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by warbler73 on Monday November 07, 2022 @08:26PM (#33514912)
Marjorie Rice. Housewife.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/marjorie-rices-secret-pentago...

Her discoveries first mentioned in a 1988 magazine when she was 65.

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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by wikfwikf on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @06:03AM (#33517962)
The discovery of these pentomino tilings is an interesting achievement and evidence of an exceptional mind, but it's very far from a major advance in mathematics.
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