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Nice point. I think they still started very young. I wonder if there are examples of late bloomer mathematicians, that did great work despite not learning any a
by Qem 5y ago
Nice point. I think they still started very young. I wonder if there are examples of late bloomer mathematicians, that did great work despite not learning any advanced maths before their 30s or 40s.
- Penyngton 5y agoRichard Guy said that he "began to think of [himself] as possibly being something of a research mathematician" after meeting Erdos in his 40s, although he did get degrees in mathematics when he was younger. He went on to publish over a hundred research papers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_K._Guy#Mathematics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_K._Guy#Mathematics Raymond Smullyan got his BSc in his late 30s and went on to write highly acclaimed textbooks and teach at universities, although I'm not exactly sure about his research accomplishments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Smullyan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Smullyan EDIT: see also this list https://mathoverflow.net/questions/3591/mathematicians-who-were-late-learners-list https://mathoverflow.net/questions/3591/mathematicians-who-w...
- flobosg 5y agoCheck out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_bloomer#Mathematics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_bloomer#Mathematics