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I'm not familiar with academia but I was surprised that the discovery was made by three mathematicians at three different far flung universities. Is that type o
by guelo 10y ago
I'm not familiar with academia but I was surprised that the discovery was made by three mathematicians at three different far flung universities. Is that type of collaboration also being accelerated by the internet?
- sdenton4 10y agoCollaborators will often meet at conferences or similar, and then go out of their way to attend the same conferences. There's a big difference between the fast in person work that lays the ground work, and the refinement that goes into finishing the paper. The internet is way more useful for the latter, imho. It's much easier to share ideas quickly on a black board...