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- From: cyeomans@ms.uky.edu (Charles Yeomans)
- Subject: Re: a first year grad student freaks out.
- References: <92314.170255RVESTERM@vma.cc.nd.edu>
- <DREIER.92Nov10235243@durban.berkeley.edu>
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.104805.8599@ms.uky.edu>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:48:05 GMT
- Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
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- In article <DREIER.92Nov10235243@durban.berkeley.edu> dreier@durban.berkeley.edu (Roland Dreier) writes:
- >In article <92314.170255RVESTERM@vma.cc.nd.edu> <RVESTERM@vma.cc.nd.edu> writes:
- > i'm a first year grad student. i can do most of the homework assigned
- > to me. i can pass tests i have to take. i can usually understand
- > proofs of theorems that we're studying, given some thought. i think
- > that with a lot of work, i can pass my orals.
- >
- > however, what's the deal with this thesis thing? what happens if you
- > simply cannot prove whatever your advisor assigned?
- >
- > bob vesterman.
- >
- >Guess what, kid. It's even harder than that. Consider yourself
- >extremely lucky if your advisor even gives you a question. More
- >likely, not only are you gonna have to solve a problem, you're gonna
- >have to find the problem yourself. But the advantage of this is that
- >you can usually find a problem you can solve if you look hard enough.
- >It's still not easy to come up with a problem you can do and also that
- >interests other people enough so that they're willing to give you a
- >degree.
- >
- >--
- Andre Weil couldn't solve his thesis problem either. He got a degree
- with a partial result.
-
- Charles Yeomans
- cyeomans@ms.uky.edu
- yeomans@austin.onu.edu
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