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TLDR: “Conway was arguably an extreme point in the convex hull of all mathematicians. He will very much be missed.”
by erex78 7y ago
TLDR: “Conway was arguably an extreme point in the convex hull of all mathematicians. He will very much be missed.”
- hanche 7y agoNTL:DR (Not that long: Do read!)
- erex78 7y agoAgreed! I just thought this was such a powerful line.
- vladislav 7y agoIndeed such a good one when you really think about it, but it's above most readers heads.
- hanche 7y agoSo the analogy with the Krein–Milman theorem would be this: Any proof is (approximately, at least) a combination of the extreme proofs of the same result? Now I have to go read the paper referred to.
- vladislav 7y agoI don't think it was meant so literally. just an interesting way of calling someone a unique mathematician
- kzrdude 7y agoIt was a good line also because it referred back to a point earlier in the text