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How often are you exposed, even minimally, to other disciplines inside mathematics? For example, I'm no researcher, but I tend to try and read a few good books
by edanm 16y ago
How often are you exposed, even minimally, to other disciplines inside mathematics?
For example, I'm no researcher, but I tend to try and read a few good books about maths, and sometimes even actual mathematical books, just for the fun. Do you tend to do the same?
- robryan 16y agoIt's really a big gap though between having an understanding of the basics in an area and really knowing enough to follow the current research. It wouldn't surprise me at all if this guy actually had looked at things in basically the same direction as some of this research and still isn't able to really follow what they have done.
- TheEzEzz 16y agoAbsolutely. I read up on a lot of science, and even chug through text books. As robryan says above though, reading a book on chemistry or functional analysis is long way from being ready to do research in the field. One of the reasons I chose applied math was because I thought it was the best centralized position in all of science. It would take me years to switch to another branch of math, but in applied math I can at least switch the focus of application, possibly in under a year or two.