NancyLebovitz comments on Beauty in Mathematics - Less Wrong

12 Post author: multifoliaterose 13 October 2010 09:12AM

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 13 October 2010 10:09:35AM 3 points [-]

I can easily believe that there's a lot of individual variation in which fields of mathematics seem most beautiful to which mathematicians, but is this also true of theorems in mathematicians' specialties?

Comment author: multifoliaterose 13 October 2010 02:13:29PM 0 points [-]

Good question. I have some immediate reactions, but your question deserves a well-considered response, so I'll spend some time reflecting before attempting articulate my thoughts.