| ▲ | dekhn 5 days ago |
| It's generally well documented that Kacynski was a highly talented mathematician. |
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| ▲ | ykonstant 5 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Yes, but like the gp said, not even remotely close in skill. |
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| ▲ | dekhn 4 days ago | parent [-] | | how would you know for sure? I don't have the skill to evaluate somebody who has disproved one conjecture (maybe some recent techniques made it easier?) versus somebody who had an established pattern of doing excellent work. | | |
| ▲ | ykonstant 3 days ago | parent [-] | | I am familiar with both of their work and can judge the relative quality. | | |
| ▲ | garbthetill 3 days ago | parent [-] | | just to clarify, do you mean Kaczynski is not on the level of Grothendieck? In which I can agree | | |
| ▲ | dekhn 3 days ago | parent [-] | | no, he's saying Kacyznski is not on the level of Hannah Cairo. If he meant Grothendieck, that's another conversation. Reading the context of this subthread, it should be clear we're discussing Kacyznski vs. Cairo. I don't have the knowledge to evaluate this, but I still think Cairo has not esta blished enough work to say she's far ahead of Kacyznski. | | |
| ▲ | garbthetill 2 days ago | parent [-] | | thanks for the clarification, I also dont have the ability to evaluate who is better kacyznski v cairo. hence why i assumed the original commenter meant kaczynski vs grothendieck because for one kacyznski has a phd in maths, cairo does not have that metal yet |
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| ▲ | rjsw 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| ... and one who was younger than the other students when he was at university. |
