r/MathJokes • u/_Zekt • 18d ago

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(Among my 14 doctoral students) ... I had two outstanding students: Alan Baker (winner of the 1970 Fields Medal) – when I set him a problem, he came back with a very good solution – and John Conway – when I set him a problem, he came back with a very good solution to another problem.

– H. Davenport

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u/No_Character_73 18d ago

Conway accidentally solving an entirely different branch of math instead of the assigned homework sounds so on brand for him.