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Article #504Re: Will a mathematician locked up in a little room be happy?
From: Gary Merrill
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 13:52
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 13:52
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In article <1326@kepler1.rentec.com>, andrew@rentec.com (Andrew Mullhaupt) writes: |> Actually, even the most rarefied pure mathematician is not likely to be |> happy with this arrangement, although it might be closer to his idea of |> nirvana than what he presently occupies. History shows that communication |> is essential for the bulk of good mathematics, (as far as I know no other |> field is as addicted to its literature as mathematics). Hardy's criteria, |> (good mathematics is _new_ _true_ and _interesting_), are not likely to be |> much use in isolation. (_New_ and _Interesting_ seem obvious, but you have |> to think a little about _true_...) As I recall, Hardy also observed that the most work one could really expect out of a mathematician was about four hours per day. I believe that the rest of the time (at least in Hardy's case) was to be devoted to cricket. -- Gary H. Merrill [Principal Systems Developer, C Compiler Development] SAS Institute Inc. / SAS Campus Dr. / Cary, NC 27513 / (919) 677-8000 sasghm@theseus.unx.sas.com ... !mcnc!sas!sasghm
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Newsgroups: sci.logic Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!uvaarpa!concert!sas!mozart.unx.sas.com!sasghm From: sasghm@theseus.unx.sas.com (Gary Merrill) Subject: Re: Will a mathematician locked up in a little room be happy? Originator: sasghm@theseus.unx.sas.com Sender: news@unx.sas.com (Noter of Newsworthy Events) Message-ID: <BxtAJH.K29@unx.sas.com> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 13:52:28 GMT References: <1992Nov5.171453.22237@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> <Bx998I.KpK@unx.sas.com> <1992Nov6.024607.6831@galois.mit.edu> <1326@kepler1.rentec.com> Nntp-Posting-Host: theseus.unx.sas.com Organization: SAS Institute Inc. Lines: 20