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What's it like being a mathematician?

Submitted by mf344 on September 6, 2010
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We talk to young mathematicians during lunch at the
International Congress of Mathematicians.

Why do people become mathematicians? What's it like being one and what are the perks of a job in academia? We talk to young mathematicians at the International Congress of Mathematicians, as well as to established research mathematician Larry Guth, to find out.

What's it like being a mathematician?

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