Manjul Bhargava in his recent interview mentioned “Mathematics is about coming up with your own creative ways to come to that one right answer. There's not one path and everybody has their personal path that they can discover and that's what makes it … [Continue reading] about Answer Machine vs. Single Answer
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Think Like a Freak
Stephen J. Dubner: Whenever somebody does something so much better than everybody else whether it's a competitive thing or otherwise, it's natural to ask well what do they do that's so … [Continue reading] about Think Like a Freak
Birds and Frogs
Freeman Dyson at the AMS Einstein Public Lecture in Mathematics (October 2008) on "Birds and Frogs": "Birds fly high in the air and survey broad vistas of mathematics out to the far horizon. They delight in concepts that unify our thinking and … [Continue reading] about Birds and Frogs
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Universal Pattern of Creative High-Impact Work
“anti-disciplinary” approach to problem-solving by Joi Ito, Director of the MIT Media Lab, I came across this paper [link], written by Dr. Brian Uzzi, distinguished professor at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and colleagues. They … [Continue reading] about Universal Pattern of Creative High-Impact Work