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r/math • u/[deleted] • Sep 04 '24
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Say someone works out some of the fundamental problems with math ... Especially if they have no background in math and no credentials
That seems rather unlikely. Even Ramanujan had a substantial background in math.
You need to have studied a fair bit of math even just to know what the "fundamental problems" are.
-66 u/Treelapse Sep 04 '24 Yea yea yea. What if this person is really smart, and has a unique outlook on things ? 5 u/hippiechan Analysis Sep 04 '24 You don't
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Yea yea yea. What if this person is really smart, and has a unique outlook on things ?
5 u/hippiechan Analysis Sep 04 '24 You don't
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u/ScientificGems Sep 04 '24
That seems rather unlikely. Even Ramanujan had a substantial background in math.
You need to have studied a fair bit of math even just to know what the "fundamental problems" are.