/sci/ - Science & Math

>>9670231
Hey, I was just reading about him the other day. From an absolute brainlet point of view, I don't fully understand the controversy around his IUT. To me, the drama seems to be, (apart from being top-tier, advanced mathematics) that "OMG he used/ introduced new mathematics to solve an existing problem." With mathematics being an infinite science and all, how is that not expected? Weren't integrals and everything else new at once? Anyways, I digress.

To further my point of being a brainlet, I have a brief feels story. Math major btw. Last semester I had the task of finishing a bunch of nasty humanities and stuff (including foreign language requirements) all within one semester due to a certain deadline. I had no time for math, unfortunately. This semester I got stuck in an 'intro Complex Analysis'-esque class despite my wariness over my math being a bit rusty from the previous semester. I've done horribly. My question is, as somebody who plans on solely focusing on discrete math in my career, how f**ked am I? I don't know if my complex knowledge will ever recover, and I am worried if it might hinder me in future studies of discrete math (including topics like and related to combinatorics, number theory, crypto). I get the basics (arithmetic, simple calculus with complex numbers, elementary functions), if that matters. Will I need much complex analysis knowledge for a future in discrete math?

>>6858979
And you think someone here can answer that question?