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gdy
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Terence Tao Proves Result on the Collatz Conjectur...
What does "culturally accurate' mean?
new2628
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I guess they mean it accurately captures the "mathematical culture" surrounding this problem, which I can confirm.
OJFord
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I assume that the characterisation of the problem as 'dangerous', 'alluring', tempting', etc. to mathematicians is accurate.
rsj_hn
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meh. No, I think this is the sensationalization we expect from pop-sci accounts.
madez
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I understand it as that people with expert knowledge from the field, mathematicians in this case, agree with the classification of the problem on a social and cultural level.
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