3 ms·
Heres a counter example to both "math is finished" and "contributing to research needs heavy equipment", granted not sure how common that is. Christopher Haven
by cyberbanjo 5y ago
Heres a counter example to both "math is finished" and "contributing to research needs heavy equipment", granted not sure how common that is.
Christopher Havens, a convicted murderer serving a twenty-five-year sentence, made a world-class discovery in mathematics; from his prison cell.
https://dr-younes-henni.medium.com/from-murderer-to-mathematician-the-incredible-conversion-of-inmate-chris-havens-dcce8187c93b https://dr-younes-henni.medium.com/from-murderer-to-mathemat...
- ajsnigrutin 5y agoI'm not saying that it's finished as in there-is-no-more-math-to-discover, I'm more saying that all the math at elementary-to-high school level is pretty much finalized, and kids will probably never learn about Chris Havens, even though for what he did, he probably needed to be a bigger "genious" than eg. Archimedes. Students at math courses, sure... but they learn about many mathematicians there, and most of them are not known by the geneal public.