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A comment on Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv by Yitang Zhang. Parent comment

Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by oefrha on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @06:51AM (#33518163)
> undergraduates are still producing new results, every year, in numerous REU programs around the US alone.

Speaking as a former undergraduate math student producing “new” results in REU programs, all but a few of these results are completely negligible. There’s still a genius here and there though.

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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by romwell on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @02:48PM (#33536899)
The same can be said about the entire field of mathematics and science in general.
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