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Maybe. At the grad level though it levels off, in my experience. I do Maths in Catalan, my native language, and many of my colleagues spoke only Spanish (which
by bibanez 3y ago
Maybe. At the grad level though it levels off, in my experience. I do Maths in Catalan, my native language, and many of my colleagues spoke only Spanish (which is similar but no so much) before College. Still the language barrier is less significant in Maths because they’re able to understand the concepts
- injb 3y agoThat makes sense to me. Now that I think about it there are a lot of mathematicians in the US doing maths in English who learned in some other language, and you never hear complaints about limitations of English. But I think the thrust of the article linked here was "are there ways it could be easier for children" rather than "are there ways it could be easier for grad students and professors". I'm not sure the answer to the first question is "yes" but it seems plausible at least.