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Contrary to popular assumptions, Holm adds in the story, research in mathematics doesn鈥檛 take talent or genius so much as hard work and obsession. 鈥淵ou get obsessed with certain problems, and you鈥檙e not able to stop thinking about them,鈥 she says. 鈥淚t鈥檚 curiosity-driven. Mathematicians study mathematics because they have to know.鈥
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