There's a recent working paper by economists Ruchir Agarwal and Patrick Gaule which I think would be of much interest to this readership: a systematic study of IMO performance versus success as a mathematician later on. Here is a link to the working paper. Despite the click-baity title and dreamy introduction about the Millenium Prizes, the… Continue reading A few shockingly linear graphs
Tag: education
___ Students Have to Suffer
This will be old news to most of the readership of this blog, but I realize I've never written it down, so time to fix that. Fill in the blank Let's begin by playing a game of "fill in the blank". Suppose that today, the director of secondary education at your high school says: "___… Continue reading ___ Students Have to Suffer
Power Overwhelming 