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It's a common observation that many mathematicians and maths students tend to fall into either the algebraic or the analytic camp, although of course, there are more nuances and some people are genuinely good at both.

I myself find beauty in some parts of analysis, but algebra definitely speaks more to me (e.g. I find a proof of Lagrange's Theorem more beautiful than one of the Intermediate Value Theorem). So I can relate.



> It's a common observation that many mathematicians and maths students tend to fall into either the algebraic or the analytic camp

(we don't talk about the topologists)


Aren’t all topologists algebraic topologists today?


No way? It's a pretty even split between analysts and algebraists from what I can tell. Really depends on what you're researching. Only the internet and online CS-adjacent communities have these crazy algebra-dominated communities.




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