Re: At what age did you get your idea published for the first time?

In article <13792518.1120187897050.JavaMail.jakarta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
OnlyRH <erdosfanjp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I feel that any math professor is a math prodigy. But I hope it's not
>the reality.

Look, since it's just the two of us talking here, I'll let you in on
a little secret: math professors are by and large just people who liked
math and were pretty good at it and were willing to work hard for a long
time. They don't, typically, leap over tall conjectures with a single bound.
But don't tell anyone else, OK?

>At what age did you get your idea published for the first time? Do
>most professors publish their results after their graduate theses?

It's getting to be uncommon to see brand-new PhD's applying for
academic jobs without a publication or two. That is, if you're
publishing your first ideas _after_ your thesis, it may be because
you're not interested in the typical research-based appointment.
That's probably not the way the world should work, but like
they say, reality bites.

dave
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