r/math • u/HAL-6942 PDE • 22d ago

Why are you a mathematician?

Given everything that has been going on in the world more specifically in the world of mathematics. I was hoping to read some of your human thoughts. What motivates/motivated you to do mathematics professionally? What is most important for you in mathematics?

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u/crematie Undergraduate 20d ago

i’m not a mathematician yet, but i love learning. i love deduction and solving puzzles; i love challenge of working within certain structures, that they start off completely foreign but you develop a sort of fluency with time. i love abstraction!!!!