Re:Interview with Terence Tao
by arketyp on Monday September 29, 2014 @08:23AM
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Asking a mathematician for their favorite constant is like asking a painter what their favorite color is. I like Tao's diplomatic answer.
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I'd rather say something like "Fischer–Griess monster" (it is a constant in the set of finite simple groups). Surely a constant, but not a numerical one. The interviewer will probably change the topic immediately for not becoming embarrassed. ;-)
Surely a less diplomatic way than Tao's, admitted.