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What do mathematicians do all day?
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When I read colorful metaphors of a mathematician is "assaulting" a proof or spending years working on a proof... what are you actually doing? Staring into space? Fiddling with symbols and hoping? Reading and reading? I'm just trying to picture what a mathematician gets up to day-to-day while working.
I'm a non-math academic, so I'm not asking about time spent on teaching, grant-writing, or general academic activities (or applied math, I do a lot of stats). I know those parts of the job!
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