So recently I've been thinking, would a brilliant mathematician do extremely well in cp? Hypothetically speaking, if Terence Tao started learning data structures and algorithms for a month and then started grinding contests on Codeforces, would he make LGM in a couple months and maybe even secure a comfortable #1 place on top rating? Personally, I genuinely believe it might be possible but that might be due to my naivety and lack of experience. I am curious what you guys think.
yea why is terence tao lowk od
only thing feasible in this post is your naivety and lack of experience
so recently I've been thinking, would a pupil like you do extremely well in cp if instead of thinking about hypothetical questions, he was thinking about problems? Hypothetically speaking, if you started actually doing codeforces problems for a month then actually did contests on Codeforces, would you not be pupil in a couple months and maybe even hit expert? Personally, I genuinely think it might be possible but that might be due to me having too much trust for pupils like you. I aint curious about what you think, this is a suggestion for you to LOCK IN
probably yeah, he's one of the few people that can still do problems chatgpt can't
Definitely he would be able to become an LGM comfortably, but I don't think comfortable rank 1 would be anywhere even close to being easy.
Wait why not though? I'd imagine he has really strong intuition and ability to learn topics pretty fast. And also he's been doing problem solving for nearly his entire life.