Besides proving new theorems, how can a person contribute to mathematics? There are at least a few things a person can do to contribute to the mathematics community without necessarily obtaining novel results, for example:


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*Organizing known results into a coherent narrative in the form of lecture notes or a textbook

*Contributing code to open-source mathematical software


What are some other ways to make auxiliary contributions to mathematics?

Another way to contribute that hasn't been mentioned yet is advocacy. It is important to raise awareness on the importance of mathematics and scientific literacy in general. For instance, here are a few concepts that it would be useful to disseminate to the general public:


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*that some knowledge of mathematics, statistics and science is important for the average person, too.

*that there is still active research in mathematics; theorems weren't all discovered 300 years ago.

*that mathematics (and STEM in general) is a viable career path, and people interested in it shouldn't be laughed at.

*that research, even basic research, is an important endeavour and needs funding.

