Kevin Chu

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• Look at the olden days. Look at Gauss, Fermat or Euler. Even people as late as von Neumann or Hilbert. They don’t seem to make that distinction. To them, everything is pure math, everything is applied math.

  An Applied Mathematician Strengthens AI With Pure Math | Quanta Magazine

• It’s a bit unfortunate, the fact that we are even discussing the relationship between pure and applied math. That means they are separate entities.

  An Applied Mathematician Strengthens AI With Pure Math | Quanta Magazine

• I’m content to just satisfy my curiosity. There are people who want to solve big conjectures. They like to build skyscrapers, so to speak. I’m content to just fill in potholes in my knowledge. When it’s advanced, any topic becomes mathematical. Whether it’s economics, social science, psychology, anything I can think of, ultimately, will be mathematical. As an applied mathematician, you get the freedom to seek out other fields you’re curious about. If you’re somebody who’s curious about a lot of stuff, this can be very satisfying.

  An Applied Mathematician Strengthens AI With Pure Math | Quanta Magazine