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Hello Dr. Frenkel, and thank you for doing this AMA. I am entering college this fall with the intention of pursuing degrees in both chemical engineering and applied mathematics. I see all of the research being done in high level fields of mathematics and it seems very interesting, but often what I cannot see is how these new discoveries can be applied. That is why I am pursuing engineering as well. So my question is how are the newest discoveries in mathematics being applied to the real world? Thank you again.

Thank you for the reply. I will keep this in mind through the next few years. Maybe I'll be the one doing the AMA next time!

Thanks for the helpful advice! I have a head start on the math degree going in (I have already taken classes up to linear algebra), so I figured a dual major was an obvious next step. I saw many applications of that level of math (diff eq, linear algebra), but not so many of the level that Dr. Frenkel works with.