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OldGuyInTheClub
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How to Solve It (1945)
> Conway and Tao are widely considered outside the "roadkill" category of mathematicians.
Ah, but they didn't really /need/ Polya's book.
travisjungroth
on Aug 23, 2023
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This “need” standard doesn’t seem useful. You could say they don’t need anything besides air, water, food and shelter.
kgwgk
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Come on, you don't really /need/ shelter.
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Ah, but they didn't really /need/ Polya's book.