strangely enough, both ideas can be traced to those same 'others' and in the same paper. it's good reading and i highly recommend it:
"Structure of Null Sets in the Plane and Applications"
by Alberti, Csörnyei, and Preiss.
by Alberti, Csörnyei, and Preiss.
good and bad, i suppose: good that these nascent ideas would have been worth something, but bad because someone else was quicker and cleverer. now i have to work harder to contribute something of value, which is fine.
had i been quicker, i'd have done it to someone else.
fair's fair, either way.
fair's fair, either way.
on an unrelated note, i don't know if my student analysis seminar talk will be any good. every time i sit and choose what to discuss and how to elaborate upon it, i can't find a central, meaningful theme.
the accessible ideas which come to mind seem boring and without spirit. the really interesting ideas which come to mind are quickly complicated and their motivations take too long to explain.
it's a frustrating paradox, much like how 'you can't please everyone all of the time.'
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Yei! I've got the same paper on my desc. Isn't it cool to have the same idea as somebody else, though? Now you know that your idea works, without having to do all the hard work...
As for the seminar, I think I'd appreciate something boring. I might find it interesting.
Isn't it cool to have the same idea as somebody else, though? Now you know that your idea works, without having to do all the hard work...
ah, but technically speaking, i'm using their idea. mine was too unwieldy.
if there is one invariant in grad school, it is hard work and some suffering. now i have to prove something harder. \:
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