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> Mirzakhani described herself as a "slow" mathematician, saying that "you have to spend some energy and effort to see the beauty of math." To solve problems, M
by EndXA 7y ago
> Mirzakhani described herself as a "slow" mathematician, saying that "you have to spend some energy and effort to see the beauty of math." To solve problems, Mirzakhani would draw doodles on sheets of paper and write mathematical formulas around the drawings. Her daughter described her mother's work as "painting".
> She declared: "I don't have any particular recipe [for developing new proofs] ... It is like being lost in a jungle and trying to use all the knowledge that you can gather to come up with some new tricks, and with some luck, you might find a way out."
- a-saleh 7y agoThis reminded me of our Analysis prof. "I really hate Iternational Mathematical Olympiad. The problems there give you the false impression that math-theorems have elegant solutions. No. You are usually banging your head against the problem, and when nobody is looking you use dynamite!" - especially the "lost in a jungle" part of the quote :)
- senderista 7y agoNote that Mirzakhani was an IMO gold medalist, so she could solve problems plenty fast when she needed to.
- a-saleh 7y agoNoted :) I hope prof was more tongue-in-cheek 'hating the game, not the players', but I can't be certain after 10 years :P
- krupan 7y agoAs I read that I thought, "It would be awesome to see those doodles." A quick image search did not disappoint: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/maryam-mirzakhani-fields-winner-doodler-79848 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/maryam-mirzakhani-fields-w...
- acqq 7y agoGood find. It seems it is not linked in the Wikipedia article.
- pugworthy 7y agoNot sure if others are having the same problem, but as soon as I try to scroll down on that page, it gets replaced by a subscribe request or something like that. Here are some direct links to the 3 images in that article... https://news.artnet.com/app/news-upload/2014/08/Maryam-Mirzakhani-doodle-aug-2014-02.png https://news.artnet.com/app/news-upload/2014/08/Maryam-Mirza... https://news.artnet.com/app/news-upload/2014/08/Maryam-Mirzakhani-doodle-aug-2014.png https://news.artnet.com/app/news-upload/2014/08/Maryam-Mirza... https://news.artnet.com/app/news-upload/2014/08/Maryam-Mirzakhani-doodle-aug-2014-03-e1408246269295.png https://news.artnet.com/app/news-upload/2014/08/Maryam-Mirza...
- hackme1234 7y agoThe doodles are pretty cool