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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Replying to @cjp_still
Ha. It wouldn’t have occurred to me that spelling bees are related to writing or literature.
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But that's not so far from how certain math competitions are related to actual math research...
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These contests are a bit like spelling bees. There is some connection between good spelling and good writing, but the winner of the state spelling bee does not necessarily have the talent to become a good writer, and some fine writers are not good spellers. ~ William Thurston
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There was little about me that identified the kind of bright student who wins at prestigious competitions or assimilates, almost by sleight of hand, the most forbidding subjects. ~ Alexander Grothendieck
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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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Let me stress that creating new mathematics is a quite different occupation from solving problems in a contest. Why is this? Because you don't know for sure what you are trying to prove or indeed whether it is true. ~ Andrew Wiles
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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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Replying to @MathPrinceps @cjp_still and
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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