Mathematician argues we may be entering a golden age of mathematics
thebasepoint · x · 2026-10-19
thebasepoint argues that for those who love mathematics as a whole, we may be entering a golden age. As an example he cites the Kozma & Nitzan program for proving dying percolation, which we now know was (a?) the right way to look at the problem — what remained was 'just' a lot of standard (for someone) arguments and calculations. The thread offers little further detail beyond this personal assessment.
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