Strongly agree that anyone who’s seriously interested in mathematics should read the Princeton Companion. Until you do something like this, your impression of what parts of mathematics look cool and interesting is largely determined by what parts of mathematics you’ve heard about.
Strongly agree that anyone who’s seriously interested in mathematics should read the Princeton Companion. Until you do something like this, your impression of what parts of mathematics look cool and interesting is largely determined by what parts of mathematics you’ve heard about.