The kind of people who are interested in the problems of core math likely do seek a math PhD.
I would expect to the extend that people do groundbreaking work in math without an PhD they are more likely to do it for applied math.
The kind of people who are interested in the problems of core math likely do seek a math PhD.
I would expect to the extend that people do groundbreaking work in math without an PhD they are more likely to do it for applied math.