hmmm there's an opportunity to catalog mathematician dichotomies here. there's freeman dyson's birds and frogs, described for example here https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Alexander-Grothendieck-revered-by-mathematician... On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 6:46 PM, Dan Asimov <asimov@msri.org> wrote:
I hadn't thought of mathematicians as belonging to that dichotomy, but many have agreed there are both "gooey" and "crunchy" ones (maybe with a big overlap). Meaning like geometers and topologists versus algebraists and combinatorists.
—Dan
On Jun 15, 2016, at 10:27 AM, James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:
Can anyone provide a source or quote for the dichotomy between "ear-mathematicians" (algebraists) and "eye-mathematicians" (geometers)?
I tried Google, but had no luck.
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