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Every mathematician gets excited by a new breakthrough – it's like a mountain climber finding a new route to climb in the Himalayas. Sometimes these breakthroughs have applications to things we know, but most of the time the applications are not apparent. We just enjoy answering mathematical questions.

It's like solving a puzzle. It all starts with the desire to answer questions using analytical thinking and our problemsolving minds. This is why graduates in mathematics are sought after in a lot

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