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by polygamous_bat 804 days ago
> Also of interest, he has won the Abel Prize in 2021, making it a rather unique combination of winning the top honors in both theoretical/abstract math & CS

The overlap between theoretical CS and math is way larger than most people know. For a simple example, check out the theoretical CS course catalog at MIT: https://catalog.mit.edu/subjects/6/ and how many of them are cross listed as course 18 (math) classes.
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pfdietz 804 days ago
Highlighting this, Terence Tao gave a tutorial at FOCS 2007.

https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2007/07/31/structure-and-rand...

Combinatorics seems to be a major subfield on the math side of the border.

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vecter 804 days ago
Theoretical CS is basically a branch of applied math
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waldrews 804 days ago
Perhaps 'an applied branch of math' since the term 'applied math' is claimed by something usually disconnected from the discrete math subjects CS tends to study.
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Kranar 804 days ago
Theoretical CS is not at all applied math. Ordinary computer science overlaps with applied math, but theoretical CS is very abstract.
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