>be born in shittyvietic union >can't go to best math

>>8656152

1. This is a stupid thread.
2. Here is your answer anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXsQAXx_ao0

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>>8656155

>>8656152
His memoirs are pretty interesting even though he is a bad writer. I highly recommend his book.

I like him, but he's definitely not a genius and he would tell you that himself.

>>8656164

Poor attitude. There is always someone better than you. With that attitude, you will feel like you are a failure for life. Enjoy living in failure.

>>8656152
Also what do you mean "somehow". He had some of the best goddamn support ever. Great family friend tutor from early childhood. Great adviser giving him ideal projects while he was still an undergrad etc.

The Frenkel was lucky as fuck. He deserved his success, but he had more support than 99% of mathematicians.

>>8656185

I'm already living that life and I'm not even out of fucking undergrad.

> express his feelings in a touching movie about math

What's the name of that movie anon?

>>8656152
>heavy russian accent

>>8656248
> I'm already living that life

What life? A successful one?

You mean, "Rites of Love and Math"?

>>8656152
I've seen this guy on numberphile.

That probably means he is an accomplished researcher, way beyond the likes of scum like Terry Tao, who doesn't even have a numberphile video. TOP KEK.

Is appearing on a numberphile video more prestigious than a fields medal?

>>8656264

> What life? A successful one?

You know which one, and thanks for the movie.

>>8656248

You anons would love my gf. She loves things like this, but I think alot of it is hype and meme shit.

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>>8656265
The Dark Prince appeared on Numberphile and is 1000 times the man Terry is.

Cedric would skewer that chump in a rapier duel to the death and you know it.

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>>8656274

> You anons would love my gf

That's a forbidden word.

> She loves things like this

Things like what?

>>8656274
Dakimakuras don't count as gfs anon

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>>8656300

Oh, sorry. Well, there are pros/cons to everything, and I have no idea how long we will be together.

She would just fit in with /sci/'s culture so well. She's intj, likes marijuana the few times she has tried it, reads books on math for fun, is always well aware of the newest intellectual cultural references (e.g. made me watch "Rites of Love and Math" as soon as it came out), etc.

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>>8656344

I assumed dakimakuras meant that large pillow thing, but I honestly had to Google the word.

I don't know how you are familiar with the word. I can take an educated guess though...

>>8656248
Good Will Hunting?
A Beautiful Mind?

The only two popular math movies I could think of.

>>8656152
His Twitter feed is a liberal, whiny, wasteland of garbage political crap. Other than that, he's an ok guy. He should REALLY stick to math. He's a brainlet outside that realm. I mean he does work at the center of communist thought -- Berkeley.

>>8656152
Fields Medalist winner Cedric Villani is a thousand times better at both speaking to the general public about math and at not being a whiny little bitch with a terrible accent. I recommend Villani over him any day.

>>8656285
I keked

>>8656265
DONT TALK SHIT ABOUT TERRY!
He got gold at the IMO when he was just 13 and he is really passionate about maths. His blog is amazing and you can really see maths is his true calling and hes not just some olympiad kiddo

>>8657160
Isn't that the guy that dresses like a faggot though?

>>8658309
He's french

>>8658314
Yes, that's what I meant by faggot.

>>8658317
he enjoys his spider brooches

>>8658317
I lol'd

>>8656219
This is true for like 99% of super artist in top math departments- yet they have hero worship.

If you take a really smart but poor kid from Louisiana and give him the same opportunities he would achieve the same.