I hope that they will stay in contact, and form strong relationships together. It is bad to reinvent the wheel.
It’s also important to keep in mind that the language barrier might cause problems for the most valuable minds in Japan, disproportionately favoring top linguistic thinkers over top mathematical thinkers. For example, see this quote by Viliam:
Also, some kids have an aversion against practicing stuff. Often the smart ones—they sometimes identify as “intelligent”, and it is a part of their self-image that they are supposed to learn things by mere understanding; anything that resembles work means for them that they have failed, because they were supposed to learn it without working hard. I knew very smart kids who just couldn’t learn a foreign language, because the idea of “memorizing by repetition” horrified them, and… nothing else worked. Their less smart classmates already learned the languages by practicing.
I hope that they will stay in contact, and form strong relationships together. It is bad to reinvent the wheel.
It’s also important to keep in mind that the language barrier might cause problems for the most valuable minds in Japan, disproportionately favoring top linguistic thinkers over top mathematical thinkers. For example, see this quote by Viliam: