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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by lupire on Monday November 07, 2022 @07:33PM (#33514545)
> If one part of math gets too deep, you can always go somewhere else, where the water is still "shallow."

Yes, but the shallow areas aren't very interesting, which is why people work in the deep areas.

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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by ves on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @12:36AM (#33516208)
Most of the now-deep, now-interesting areas were once shallow and uninteresting.
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