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#370 – Edward Frenkel: Reality is a Paradox – Mathematics, Physics, Truth & Love
Lex Fridman Podcast
The Importance of Concentration in Mathematics
I wonder how did it make sense that Einstein was working after attempting I believe to be a university professor or is this most important to office yeah as a patent clerk. There are very few examples like Yutang Zhang who proved an important conjecture in the number theory about 10 years ago and is nowProfessor at UC Sunbarber he worked outside of academia and was able to make tremendous advance on his own. This case is exceedingly rare in part because academia is trying to protect its turf but there is also something about how much how much concentration in mathematics actually requires. It's finding this treasure at the bottom of the ocean without you know the echolong, we're not talking about more or
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