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> The crowd went wild I am curious what a group of number theorists "going wild" looks like.. were they throwing chairs or are we talking slightly raised eyebr
by mrintegrity 2y ago
> The crowd went wild
I am curious what a group of number theorists "going wild" looks like.. were they throwing chairs or are we talking slightly raised eyebrows?
- naasking 2y agoSurely there was angry muttering.
- boothby 2y agoMultiple people raising objections at once, each at a reasonable volume to speak to a large seminar room, and other people speaking to their immediate neighbor. If there was angry muttering, I don't recall it. But yes, a crowd of mathematicians going wild is still pretty chill.
- ted_dunning 2y agoThere was a story that Fred Richman got involved in a wrestling match as a result of a disagreement over a proof one time. I never heard the full story ... everybody in the department at NMSU where he was at the time would just make comments to each other of the form "Remember the time ...?" with a response "Fred's a beast".
- NL807 2y agoPerhaps a chair tipped over at most.