tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227172931607686978.post6931481562321491017..comments2023-08-05T07:54:36.424-04:00Comments on Math-Frolic!: Huge News... That Few Can Fathom"Shecky Riemann"http://www.blogger.com/profile/07065658607024191185noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227172931607686978.post-86272668635685694022012-09-14T04:42:30.753-04:002012-09-14T04:42:30.753-04:00I didn't think I "emphasized" it; it...I didn't think I "emphasized" it; it was merely a parenthetical comment... still, much of published math simply draws new connections between areas of math that are well-established but haven't been drawn together before. Mochizuki appears to have truly "invented" new math along the way, as better outlined by Alex Bellos' recent piece:<br /><a href="http://"Shecky Riemann"https://www.blogger.com/profile/07065658607024191185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227172931607686978.post-61074832163019534812012-09-12T13:19:32.027-04:002012-09-12T13:19:32.027-04:00"(who invented new math in the process of rea..."(who invented new math in the process of reaching his results)!"<br /><br />You shouldn't emphasize this like it's such a big deal. Mathematicians constantly invent new math, a math paper with no new math shouldn't even be publishable in a serious mathematical journal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com