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Charles Fefferman was a Princeton University mathematics professor who is considered one of the finest American mathematicians ever[1] He supposedly mastered calculus before the age of 12, despite its inaccessibility to schoolchildren that age.[2]
He enrolled in college after spending only one year at Takoma Park Junior High, where he may have had trouble fitting in, a familiar criticism of homeschoolers.[3][4]
Was Fefferman homeschooled?
No[5]
References
- ↑ Fefferman was the youngest professor ever granted tenure, and won the coveted Fields Prize before age 30.
- ↑ http://scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/Math/Fefferman.html
- ↑ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GTAletters/message/18110
- ↑ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GTAletters/message/18103
- ↑ Personal communication:
cf@math.princeton.edu to me
Dear Mr. Nash,
This isn't exactly a "quick response", but the answer is that I wasn't home-schooled.
Charlie F