This trend is inevitable if all of the "specialized" branches and sub-branches really have independent meaning. It's hard to talk concretely about this, but my

This trend is inevitable if all of the "specialized" branches and sub-branches really have independent meaning. It's hard to talk concretely about this, but my intuition says this is highly unlikely: chances are that connections between seemingly unrelated subfields should allow us to unify concepts and discover more meaningful mathematical truths.