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Around 2000, Kevin Buzzard's viral blog helped bring many talented mathematicians to mathematical formalization and made them excited about it.

Unresolved speaker · Mathematics Just Changed Forever — Kevin Hartnett · 26 Oct 2026

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“To my surprise, you know, around 2000, after, you know, Kevin Buzzard started blogging and, you know, his blog went viral, a lot of very talented mathematicians came to the subject and got really excited about formalization.”
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