Re: Petty mathematicians
From: Dirk Van de moortel (dirkvandemoortel_at_ThankS-NO-SperM.hotmail.com)
Date: 02/03/05
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Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 18:14:40 GMT
<jstevh@msn.com> wrote in message news:1107433369.234831.212830@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> I've discovered that today's mathematicians don't care about how
> important a mathematical discovery is, how dramatic or "beautiful" the
> proof, if their social agenda is not advanced.
Correction.
Today's mathematicians don't care about how important a
mathematical discovery is, how dramatic or "beautiful" the
proof, if the discovery comes from *you*.
Dirk Vdm
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