Who decreed that they are entitled to get paid for that?
replyMaybe this hurts more than it should do because of publish-or-perish.
Mathematicians have been unpaid for centuries. The problem at hand is much deeper then just deciding who gets the taxpayer money.
replyAnd they can continue to do unpaid mathematics
replyBut humanity is not going to sit around and wait for solutions just so hobbyists can have a moment of glory.
Why? Elements wasn't a 500 clever puzzle solutions.
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