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You are 100% correct. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Larsen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Larsen
by jklinger410 4y ago
You are 100% correct.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Larsen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Larsen
- kevinventullo 4y agoHis mother is also a mathematician, and his uncle is a Fields Medalist. That said, I disagree with OP that this suggests his parents secretly did this work. Rather, it tells me that being surrounded by great mathematicians at a young age is going to foster success in those with raw talent much more effectively than, I dunno, attending some “gifted” program at a typical public school.
- zem 4y agoanyone who thinks a mathematician proved a result of this magnitude and decided to give credit to someone else does not know mathematicians very well!
- sbf501 4y agoWhy the concern of these people? Someone might get credit who doesn't deserve it? There are bigger problems in the world, and life is about getting fucked out of things you do deserve all the time. Meh.
- klyrs 4y agoThat's one of two parents. Ayelet Lindenstrauss, interviewed in the article, is also a mathematician, as was her father Joram, and her brother Elon got a Fields medal. To accept OC's comment as 100% correct is to accuse two mathematicians of academic fraud. And if we're going that route, are we going to insinuate Joram Lindenstrauss responsible for both Ayelet's and Elon's academic works?