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marojejian • today at 4:50 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/science/mathematicians-re...

>If a human did this, it would be an instant Fields Medal, no questions asked.

- Alex Kontorovich, chair of the department of mathematics at Rutgers


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Iolaum • today at 4:53 PM

Not your fault - and thanks for the gift link - but NYT still wanted me to login to read it.

Their prerogative, but no thanks.

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pxx • today at 6:27 PM

um, actually, one question must still be asked, as the Fields requires its recipient to be under 40 at some point in the year it is awarded