Re:Famous Unsolved Math Problems as Homework
by andrewstuart2 on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @12:56PM
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> A year later, when I began to worry about a thesis topic, Neyman just shrugged and told me to wrap the two problems in a binder and he would accept them as my thesis.
I love fun stories like that. And I love that it shows this guy is crazy brilliant yet humble enough to shrug off that success and just assume he had to figure out something else for his thesis. At least that's my interpretation.
Re:Famous Unsolved Math Problems as Homework
by vlasev on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @03:23PM
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A good down to earth mathematician will always look ahead and try to solve more problems, do more math, etc. It's not surprising that he wanted to create new math despite already doing so.
I love fun stories like that. And I love that it shows this guy is crazy brilliant yet humble enough to shrug off that success and just assume he had to figure out something else for his thesis. At least that's my interpretation.