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Re:Structuralism as a Philosophy of Mathematics by raincom on Sunday April 07, 2024 @05:47PM (#39964252)
There are two kinds of mathematicians, or one can say, two cultures of mathematics: (a) problem solving, proving conjectures, etc (b) theories. Alexander Grothendieck belongs to (b). Paul Erdos to (a).

You can read Gower's paper on "The two cultures of Mathematics" at: https://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~wtg10/2cultures.pdf

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