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> in accordance with mandatory "retirement" at age fifty. I've never understood the obsession that a lot of mathematicians seem to have with age restrictions (
by gaur 11y ago
> in accordance with mandatory "retirement" at age fifty.
I've never understood the obsession that a lot of mathematicians seem to have with age restrictions (e.g., the Fields medal).
- eointierney 11y agoMathematicians, and I am one, are obsessed by and seek to exploit seemingly arbitrary yet otherwise convenient numbers.