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Ten-year-olds doing serious mathematical work? I don't think it's happened since maybe Gauss.

• eru 18y ago
  At least as serious as programmers at that age.
  • hugh 18y ago
    I'd disagree, just because I think the bar for "passable work" in mathematics is a lot higher than the bar for "passable work" in programming. Passable work, for a mathematician, still means proving something original and nontrivial, whereas passable work for a programmer just means creating something that works.
    • eru 18y ago
      If you define it that way, you're right. Do you know a ten year old hacker?