bbconn·12 months ago·discussOf course contest math is not research math but the active IMO kids are pretty much the best in the world at math contests.
bbconn·last year·discussWho is building the Math Academy equivalent for other subjects (especially other sciences)?
bbconn·2 years ago·discussIntroducing: Balanced Fischer chess. Just randomly sample from the starting positions that are more balanced than regular chess.
bbconn·2 years ago·discussTerence Tao has well over 50K citations. Maybe one can argue that he’s gaming the system because he alone can decide what problems are deemed to be interesting by the broader community, but he can’t help that.