I don't know about that. The first wave of 20th century combinatorialists were pretty much all Hungarians (Bollobas, Erdos, Polya, Szekeres). Hungary hasn't sto

I don't know about that. The first wave of 20th century combinatorialists were pretty much all Hungarians (Bollobas, Erdos, Polya, Szekeres). Hungary hasn't stopped churning them out either. I'd argue that their education system's just fine.