Why “Mathematicians” is being discussed
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They came for software first. It was the industry that was “eating the world”. Mathematicians were also affected. Because math was also “code” thanks to Lean. It was collateral…
by ozgung · Sep 18, 2026
Also a layman but I have a different read of it. 1) Dirac actually developed big parts of Lie Theory and its application in relativistic particle physics, without using the math…
by skew-aberration · Sep 18, 2026
You are making your argument on the basis that LLMs and future AI system will be just as good or better as current mathematicians at all the relevant processes involved in acade…
by w4der · Sep 18, 2026
That's an empirical question. And you also need to justify why your country in particular should finance that. For the kind of research where benefits accrue to the inventor (or…
by eru · Sep 18, 2026
Or Cryptanalysis. " The National Security Agency is the largest employer of mathematicians in the U.S. " https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mathemati…
by leonidasrup · Sep 18, 2026
The letter is just a call to action reminding everyone how Mathematics is done and how Mathematicians operate within their domain with all the Human factors involved. But becaus…
by rramadass · Sep 18, 2026
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A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. Read more on Wikipedia