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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Problem-solving should never be practiced for its own sake; and particularly tricky problems must be excluded altogether. ~ André Weil
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I am always unhappy when I see competition in mathematics. ~ Viscount Pierre Deligne Competitions are for horses, not artists. ~ Béla Bartók
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