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> there are numerous examples of productive older mathematicians Curious about the extreme cases. Did any centenarians ever managed to come with an outstanding
by Qem 1y ago
> there are numerous examples of productive older mathematicians
Curious about the extreme cases. Did any centenarians ever managed to come with an outstanding original math result? If it didn't happen before, I hope to see it happening in the next decades, given current demographic trends.
- sebmellen 1y agoErdős? I’m sure the Ritalin helped.
- CurtMonash 1y agoI was told that a book published in honor of Oscar Zariski's 80th birthday included a paper by Oscar Zariski, either proving or at least making progress on a longstanding conjecture by Oscar Zariski. I was in the relevant department at the time (Harvard math), but I wasn't much of an algebraic geometer, so I took that at face value without probing for details.