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Is There a Resurgence in the Journal of Experimental Mathematicians?

When the journal was first started thirty years ago, it was almost a laughing stock. Some hid their am calculations more than others. We didn't learn until a hundred years after reman died that he actually computed the first bunch of the zeros of the zada function by hand. Do you think there's a little bit of a resurgence in a experimental matthews days? Is there more appreciation for the fact that that's what progress can look like, and is sometimes even a necessary step on the way?...

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