Tuesday, August 21, 2007

quick post: an idle self-observation.

lately i've been giving a good deal of unsolicited and unqualified advice, but it is in my nature, when meeting new and younger mathematics students.

they know me as a pessimist: i told someone yesterday that

    relax, and make time to enjoy yourself while in math grad school, because there is no reason to believe that hard work will pay off when you expect or want it to pay off.

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