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Another huge advance in number theory--alongside the subconvexity result posted last month--in a vastly different area of the subject. 2021 was a great year for
by gavagai691 5y ago
Another huge advance in number theory--alongside the subconvexity result posted last month--in a vastly different area of the subject. 2021 was a great year for number theory. (This of course assumes both results are correct!)
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y ago> 2021 was a great year for number theory. Maybe it was because for the last two years everyone was stuck at home because of Covid. There are only so many Netflix movies/shows you can watch before you start playing around with number theory out of sheer boredom.
- gavagai691 5y agoThe people who write these kinds of papers, believe it or not, prefer to spend most of their time playing with numbers compared to watching Netflix. (This is not to say that they don't enjoy spending any time on the latter.)
- rbanffy 5y agoI use to joke Linux could only have been written in Finland, during winter.
- ximeng 5y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29929935 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29929935 Think this is the subconvexity one? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29790830 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29790830 This one is also related to primes.