Most mathematical genius in my life (in others and me) has been the direct result of DOING. Doing maths at that stage was the result of joy. Joy was often the result of a feeling of newness. A feeling of newness can be the result of a great number of things. Another reason for joy in mathematics can be emulation of ones parents.
In an interview in BBC Music Magazine British violinist Nicola Benedetti says quite bluntly "If you sound like rubbish at age 13, you quit."
It's lazy to say that this initial "sounding good" is "genius", and leave it at that. To come back to classical music: where is the Mathematics equivalent of El Sistema[0]?
In an interview in BBC Music Magazine British violinist Nicola Benedetti says quite bluntly "If you sound like rubbish at age 13, you quit."
It's lazy to say that this initial "sounding good" is "genius", and leave it at that. To come back to classical music: where is the Mathematics equivalent of El Sistema[0]?
[0]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Sistema