TheOtherDave comments on Hack Away at the Edges - Less Wrong

48 Post author: lukeprog 01 December 2011 01:26PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 01 December 2011 10:12:18PM 5 points [-]

For comparison, subsequent polymath projects have had a hard time coming to completion without the presence of a particularly strong and/or famous central mathematician. (The mini-polymaths were advertised by Tao, IIRC.)

Comment author: Dorikka 02 December 2011 01:54:59AM 2 points [-]

Do you think that Tao or Gowers' mathematical talent was critical for the polymath project that you personally participated in? (Focusing on it because you probably know more about it than other ones.)

Comment author: [deleted] 02 December 2011 01:58:26AM 3 points [-]

Yes.