/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12616895
"Good" compared to the average person was when I got medals in math olympiads (very, very far from IMO level, but it was something) during early high school, and by that time I noticed that I could do it because I had a combination of a good math teacher in my last elementary school year who'd give lots of exercises every class, and new performance demands at home.
But good at real mathematics... I did fairly better than the average math undergrad, but that just means having a minimum of math maturity. At PhD courses I'm being very close to average (probably below), and I have no idea how I'd do on research, probably bad at first.

>>12617016
Why would you do that?

>>12604515
>He's a big guy, I wouldn't compare myself to him.
I wouldn't either, not in that sense.