Post #4076589

@maxpool@mathstodon.xyz - I'm very glad math isn't like that now; like many mathematicians I'm into it because I don't enjoy working with large teams and I'm no good at it - instead, I like pondering things on my own, or with a friend, and coming up with complicated ideas that go against the conventional wisdom. So if math becomes an endeavor for large teams - and it may - some people who who used to become mathematicians may do something else. Or maybe there will still be a niche for eccentric loner mathematicians. It's not a complete accident that the only person who has won a Millennium prize so far turned down the $1,000,000 and lives in seclusion in St. Petersburg.