> isn't there a slightly more fine-grained way to quantify that every nook and cranny of such a problem has indeed be researched by researchers?
Sometimes there is (the map coloring theorem), sometimes there isn't (the rest of math.)
> I simply assume that a rigorous research by the best minds of the world has happened, but I never see any data on it, not even anecdata.
Most mathematicians work on areas that interest them, ie. alone or with a colleague in another university.
Never heard of anything systematic involving "the best minds of the world" outside perhaps military projects, and some cooperative research is being done on forums now.
Comparing math and Open Source software development is kind of strange and not helpful.
Anybody can expend a lot of time and effort and successfully write a profiler, if they wanted to. Few people make a career in math.
If you're not a native English speaker, you might want to get checked for ADHD, since your post wasn't very coherent.
Sometimes there is (the map coloring theorem), sometimes there isn't (the rest of math.)
> I simply assume that a rigorous research by the best minds of the world has happened, but I never see any data on it, not even anecdata.
Most mathematicians work on areas that interest them, ie. alone or with a colleague in another university.
Never heard of anything systematic involving "the best minds of the world" outside perhaps military projects, and some cooperative research is being done on forums now.
Comparing math and Open Source software development is kind of strange and not helpful.
Anybody can expend a lot of time and effort and successfully write a profiler, if they wanted to. Few people make a career in math.
If you're not a native English speaker, you might want to get checked for ADHD, since your post wasn't very coherent.