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		j7ake 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A 17-year-old teen refutes a mathematical conjectu... In math or theoretical fields it’s not unheard of to have young professors. Terence Tao was full professor at 24. Wolfram at 21

parpfish 8 months ago [–]

She could still do a few years of PhD training and still be a super young prof like those two.

At 17 she’s so young that a uni hiring her would need to think about child labor laws

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