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Re:G. Polya, How to Solve It by OldGuyInTheClub on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @01:01AM (#37232060)
> Conway and Tao are widely considered outside the "roadkill" category of mathematicians.

Ah, but they didn't really /need/ Polya's book.

Re:G. Polya, How to Solve It by travisjungroth on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @03:12AM (#37232752)
This “need” standard doesn’t seem useful. You could say they don’t need anything besides air, water, food and shelter.
Re:G. Polya, How to Solve It by kgwgk on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @06:29AM (#37233929)
Come on, you don't really /need/ shelter.