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"at least two people that are unquestionably in the top 0.01% of math ability." To whom are you referring to, if I may ask, and what do they do? (I would just
by Practicality 10y ago
"at least two people that are unquestionably in the top 0.01% of math ability."
To whom are you referring to, if I may ask, and what do they do? (I would just like to learn about them)
- SamReidHughes 10y agocperciva and michaelochurch (not listed on /leaders because he hasn't posted in a while), and it's easy enough to look up what they do.
- serge2k 10y ago> cperciva He won the putnam once right? > michaelochurch banned for calling Marissa Meyer a nasty name. I'm sure he thinks he is 0.01% in most abilities.
- SamReidHughes 10y agoHe is in math, see the results of the 1999 USAMO. He's a fantastic writer, too.
- srtjstjsj 10y agoWhat am I looking for? http://www.maa.org/math-competitions/usamo-1999-winners http://www.maa.org/math-competitions/usamo-1999-winners s of America Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) held on April 27, 1999 are as follows: Reid W. Barton - Arlington, MA Gabriel D. Carroll - Oakland, CA Lawrence O. Detlor - New York, NY Stephen E. Haas - Sunnyvale, CA Po-Shen Loh - Madison, WI Alexander B. Schwartz - Bryn Mawr, PA Paul A. Valiant - Belmont, MA Melanie E. Wood - Indianapolis, IN
- S4M 10y agoI don't see how the fact of having taken part of the Olympiads 17 years ago says anything about his abilities now.
- cperciva 10y agoDon't forget lacker -- he won the Putnam twice (the year before me, and two years after me).
- SamReidHughes 10y agoI didn't! His karma's too low.
- cperciva 10y agoAh, I didn't notice that you were filtering to the top 100 karma scores.