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Neat News 2017-96 (added 2017-04-06)

Also Older People can Produce New Maths

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The general assumption is that only young people can make significant contributions to mathematics. However, a mathematician made a significant contribution at 64 by proving the Gaussian correlation inequality, a problem open for more than 50 years.

News seen at: Der Spiegel - Science (in German)

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