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At 17, Hannah Cairo solved a math mystery

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    okiyama
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    Awesome article and WOW is she a badass. The punchline that her first degree will be a PhD really cements just what an outlier she is. I adored this quote, I hope she gives interviews, the quotes...

    Awesome article and WOW is she a badass. The punchline that her first degree will be a PhD really cements just what an outlier she is.

    I adored this quote, I hope she gives interviews, the quotes from her were my favorite bit

    Growing up, I didn’t really know if I was talented,” she said. “I like to play piano, and people around me would tell me that I was really talented at math and at piano. And in retrospect, now that I look at it, I can see, sure, my piano was above average. But it was by no means exceptional. While on the other hand, it looks like mathematically I’m, like, whatever.

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    1. R3qn65
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      Yeah, that's great. As are the little drawings on her graph paper in the photo of her presenting her proof. Good for her for having the confidence to forge her own path instead of getting shunted...

      Yeah, that's great. As are the little drawings on her graph paper in the photo of her presenting her proof.

      Good for her for having the confidence to forge her own path instead of getting shunted to undergrad because that's normal.

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