Every once in a while I look at a Putnam exam and wonder a) how you solve any of the problems and b) why anyone would care about any of them
@St_Rev I’ve no idea what the state of the field is, actually. Didn’t get far enough to have an opinion even when I was doing math ages ago.
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@Meaningness You don't hear about important new results because most of them can't really be communicated to nonspecialists. -
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@Meaningness The field is growing quickly in all directions, human brains are of constant size, thererefore... -
@St_Rev Yeah, I guess I had that impression even given that I was only the equivalent of 1-2 years into grad school when I quit.
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@St_Rev However, death spirals of triviality afflict so many fields that I wouldn’t be surprised if math were another victim.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Meaningness There's plenty of good work going on. Problem is that it's harder and harder to reach frontiers of research.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Meaningness In 1990 there were about 3000 distinct subfields counted. A working mathematician might be up to date on three.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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