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This reminded me of our Analysis prof. "I really hate Iternational Mathematical Olympiad. The problems there give you the false impression that math-theorems ha
by a-saleh 7y ago
This 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