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From working at Subway to one of the greatest mathematicians (2015)
- jmclnx 4y agoVery interesting read. I heard about this proof and who solved it, but glad to read the background of this.
- mc32 4y agoI like this guy. The interviewer keeps on trying to take him off into softer areas and he just wants to dwell on math -good for him!
- TuxPeepo26 4y agoThat last interview felt like more of an interrogation lol, amazing and super inspiring backstory however !
- EricE 4y ago"“There’s no way that somebody I’ve never heard of has done this.”" Gatekeeping in a nutshell. Gotta love academia.
- mb7733 4y agoYou've taken that right out of context. It's not a dismissal but an expression of amazement. As in: "I can't believe that happened!". The article clearly states the result was accepted immediately: > Within a remarkably expeditious three weeks, the paper’s referees confirmed that Zhang, an unknown mathematician, had proved “a landmark theorem in the distribution of prime numbers.”