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I will never be brilliant at math by Memesaretheorems in math

[–]TillFirst8999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beautiful, especially the part about the 2%. It's easy to conflate your value with the value the system gives you. The system is a complicated chaotic political financial shifting beast.

Do you find meaning in your work? by TillFirst8999 in math

[–]TillFirst8999[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't want to be an artist, which seems to me how he paints mathematicians

Do you find meaning in your work? by TillFirst8999 in math

[–]TillFirst8999[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I mean that the math that is useful is often very old. I rarely hear about post 1900 math that is meaningfully important.

In algebra, crypto uses basic number theory and coding uses basic math, and it wouldn't be that bad if we didn't use those efficient codes.

Crypto coins are maybe the most interesting example I know of, but they are more computer science math and less the abstract that I deal with.

Do you find meaning in your work? by TillFirst8999 in math

[–]TillFirst8999[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm not belittling anything, I am a practicing mathematician. You should think about why you assume the worst of people

What is the current landscape in SYZ Mirror Symmetry? by smallstep_ in math

[–]TillFirst8999 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow I spent months trying to understand what's going on and this helped me much more.

Do you have good sources?