However, the process of discovering new mathematics is much messier, full of the pursuit of directions which were naïve, fruitless or uninteresting.
Terence Tao
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- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- “Ask yourself dumb questions – and answer them!”, author’s career-advice essay; Read complete essay on author’s own website, excluding reader comments. Contrasts discovery with polished textbook explanations; retained However. This is Tao’s prose, not opening PaulHalmos epigraph. Undated page, no da
- “Ask yourself dumb questions – and answer them!”, author’s career-advice essay
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