Mathematical people
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Read on Hacker NewsThe solution I hit upon which moved me forward was this: research problems are homework problems. There is a famous story about this, which you can read in the book Mathematical People. George Dantzig came late to class one day and saw two problems on the blackboard. He worked them, not knowing that his professor had posted them as examples of unsolved research problems, NOT homework. That impressed his professor and helped launch his career. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dantzig http://www.snopes.com/college/homework/unsolvable.asp http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Dant...
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