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In basic research, such as pure mathematics, one might naively expect that the natural question to ask with regards to a given problem X in a field is "What is the answer to X?". But in many cases the more valuable question is "What can be learned from studying X?" The answer to X itself can of course be one of the things learned in this process of study; but one can learn far more useful information besides, such as * What are the main difficulties to overcome to resolve X? * What new techniques can one discover in order to solve X? * Why are existing techniques insufficient to solve the pro…
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