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95 points atomicnature | 1 comments | 31 Aug 25 04:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.226s | source

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jebarker ◴[31 Aug 25 14:03 UTC] No.45083210[source]▶

2-3 seems wildly optimistic for reading that list and actually consolidating the knowledge. During my math PhD I ready a fraction of that number of books. It’d be more convincing if someone was provided as an example of “mastering mathematics” (whatever that means) through this curriculum and timeframe.

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1. ceh123 ◴[31 Aug 25 15:24 UTC] No.45083896[source]▶

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Even one of these topics I would say it would take most PhDs at least 2-3 years to “master”. I feel like at the end of my math PhD (5 years, 3 focused solely on my research area) I had just scratched the surface of mastery in my sub field, and that’s with 3 published papers.

I guess you’re right though, defining “mastery” is the key missing point here.

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