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I like Hardy, but I dislike his ageism here too. Erdős is a good counterexample to his argument. Even Euler. Many famous mathematicians have produced good work
by nextos 10y ago
I like Hardy, but I dislike his ageism here too.
Erdős is a good counterexample to his argument. Even Euler. Many famous mathematicians have produced good work late in their lives.
- getbucknaked 10y agoErdos isn't a counter-example to anything. I mean I agree with you. Old people can do math. Look at Yitang Zheng. But Erdos is the exception to every rule ever.
- paulddraper 10y agoDoesn't that make him the counter example to everything :)
- ttflee 10y agoYitang Zhang, not Zheng.
- getbucknaked 10y agoOh darn it. I originally spelled it Yiteng Zheng..I caught one typo. thanks
- sn41 10y agoG. D. Birkhoff proved the Ergodic Theorem when he was nearly 50. It is one of the high points of twentieth century analysis.