Speaking of Math

So I don't know how closely any of you follow the Times Science Section, but the cover this week was an article about a hermit-type russian mathematician who solved the Poincare Conjecture. Slate had a piece on why we might care about solving the Conjecture, but what I found most interesting was a link in the Slate piece to this.

The article is a note (?) by a former Fields Medalist about what type of math we should care about, that is, how should we prioritize between specific problem solving and more general advancement of theory. Although a lot of the examples may be irrelevant for those of us focusing on econ, I think there is a lot to be gleaned (gleamed?) from this note.

Have a great weekend,
Ariel