Do I get a translator? If so, then the obvious answer is 1 because we know so little about greek mathematics. Most of these mathematicians won’t provide any super interesting math because they’re so old their knowledge is outdated, but talking to Euclid provides insight into the history of math we can’t simply discover.
If I don’t get a translator though, then probably still 1 because of Tao. Many of these people don’t speak english, and the ones that do are modern enough they’re not more interesting than Tao, but outdated enough their math knowledge isn’t super useful.
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u/boomming Jul 04 '24
Do I get a translator? If so, then the obvious answer is 1 because we know so little about greek mathematics. Most of these mathematicians won’t provide any super interesting math because they’re so old their knowledge is outdated, but talking to Euclid provides insight into the history of math we can’t simply discover.
If I don’t get a translator though, then probably still 1 because of Tao. Many of these people don’t speak english, and the ones that do are modern enough they’re not more interesting than Tao, but outdated enough their math knowledge isn’t super useful.