Mathematician Dan Rockmore, who, judging from all the bodybuilding and powerlifting in his essay in the New Yorker, must be a pretty “swole” for a mathematician—just Googled him, he’s not—uses exercise to spark ideas, as when he and his colleagues tackled a particular class of equations that describe waves:
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Mathematician Dan Rockmore, who, judging from all the bodybuilding and powerlifting in his essay in the New Yorker, must be a pretty “swole” for a mathematician—just Googled him, he’s not—uses exercise to spark ideas, as when he and his colleagues tackled a particular class of equations that describe waves: