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This story is a bit of a misnomer when you look deeper. His dad is a statistics professor and he was mentored by well known mathematician in undergraduate so it
by fromMars 1y ago
This story is a bit of a misnomer when you look deeper. His dad is a statistics professor and he was mentored by well known mathematician in undergraduate so it's not like he didn't have a lot of schooling.
- haiku2077 1y agoI don't think his dad helped him that much? The article says his dad gave up on trying to teach him.
- fromMars 1y agoWe can't really know for sure. We have the anecdote about the workbook but what about earlier and did he absorb any of his dad's teachings or aptitude by osmosis. Even if we accept he didn't he still went to college and had an unusual experience as an undergrad in being mentored by an excellent mathematician. That he took a gap year in h.s. doesn't seem that noteworthy to me.
- welldonehn 1y ago[flagged]
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