> I am no mathematician and very naïve about this, but in a world that is rapidly becoming extremely calculation and network dependent that sounds hard to believe.
I am a mathematician. It is true. The key is we're talking about new theorems, and direct, current real world applicability. Some theorems that have no applicability now may in the future, as theory often precedes applications by a long way and the usefulness is likely to come from other things built on top of the new maths, and a lot of pure maths will never have direct real world applications but contributes to our overall understanding.
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