I loathe mathematics competitions. They don’t have competitions in comparative literature, do they? There must be plenty of fields that do not have them. Surely we can come up with better ways to make mathematics exciting for young people.https://twitter.com/ilaba/status/1189028060076503040 …
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I was never interested in artificial puzzles. ~ Goro Shimura I was never fascinated by puzzles or intellectual games. ~ Robert Phelan Langlands
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Math is about research; Olympiads are a test. A gold medal at the Olympiads proves one’s ability in doing tests, not doing research. ~ Shing-Tung Yau
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It’s true that I’m not good at solving problems. For example, I would never be good in the Math Olympiad. There, speed counts and I am certainly not a speedy worker. ~ John Tate
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How do you know all these quotations?!
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