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Poll Question: mathematiciWho is the greatest an of all time?
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Gauss is the man. Although the statistician in my is wondering why Bernoulli isn't up there.
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I went with my favourite, Leonard Euler.  I found out that he helped develop modern function notation e.g f(x).
I couldn't vote for Fermat solely because I had to do a presentation on his "Last Theorem" for my Math: Logic and Reasoning class.
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Newton - not a pure but applied mathematics - surely the most useful kind Wink
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Georg Cantor is definitely missing on the list. Bertrand Russel should be on the list too, in my opinion.
By the way, Einstein is better known for his contributions to physics, but he had to invent a great part of the mathematics needed for his General Theory of Relativity himself.
I must admit though that the beauty of e i *pi + 1 = 0 has never ceased to amaze me. The 5 most important numbers in the world combined into one formula, two of them being irrational, two others the most basic numbers in the world (and the neutral elements of addtion and multiplication), and one the square root of -1.
 
The first two mentioned were in my mind when making the list, but as I said I wished it to be brief and ultimately I decided to place Fermat and Fourier on the list instead of those two. Einstein crossed my mind however despite being a large idle of mine he wasn't exactly a master mathematician. He said of his General Relativity theory, "Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity, I do not understand it myself anymore."
 
I understand there's a strong element of humor there, but regardless you get the point I'm making.
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It should be me... I reached places in math that changed the facial expression of my teachers all over the school days...
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Georg Cantor is definitely missing on the list. Bertrand Russel should be on the list too, in my opinion.
By the way, Einstein is better known for his contributions to physics, but he had to invent a great part of the mathematics needed for his General Theory of Relativity himself.
I must admit though that the beauty of e i *pi + 1 = 0 has never ceased to amaze me. The 5 most important numbers in the world combined into one formula, two of them being irrational, two others the most basic numbers in the world (and the neutral elements of addtion and multiplication), and one the square root of -1.


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From the list - Euler.

Not Gauss because he was afraid to praise Lobachevskiy for his works publicly & for scientists - only after his death his letters to friends were published, and in at least one of which Gauss praised and recommended "Geometrical Investigations on the Theory of Parallels" (1840) of Lobachevskiy to his friend.
Gauss is undoubtly a great mathematician but his character doesn't seem to be ideal.
With Euler it's vice versa - he rarely finished his works up to the end, but he used to explain this like: "I gave the idea - there would be enough people to develop it more presicely than I did".

Actually, I think that Euler was just very lucky - he had mighty brains and he was given extremely inspiring working conditions.

If to speak about "all-time" best mathematician, but not regarding the list, then my vote will go to Thales just for being the first . If the case is last ten years I would vote definitely for Perelman.

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WOW.....I have no idea.
But Euclid....didnt he invent that Geometry?
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Points: 13536 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2007 at 18:57
What about Stefan Banach?
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Leibnitz from the poll. Anyway, I expected to find Fibonacci in here. His series seems to be a huge source of inspiration for musicians (from Bach to Nono down to Kate Bush and Tool)
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Points: 15784 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2007 at 09:03
Originally posted by GoldenSpiral GoldenSpiral wrote:

Fourier!!!


 
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I'm a big fan of his, though more of his philosophy than his math honestly. I'm not doubting the man's genius, but outside of probability he did very little in terms of pure math. I was looking for mathematicians with a bit broader scope.
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What about Blaise Pascal (1 Pa = 1 N/m²) ???


Not only he was a brilliant mathematician, but he also invented the first mechanical calculator (= the ancestor of "our" computer).
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Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

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You know music was considered an area of math for hundreds of years. You would learn the foundations of music from a mathematician. It was actually Pythagoras who discoved and laid down the harmonic intervals of instruments.
 
Here's a quote from Leibniz, the inventor of the calculus.
"The pleasure we obtain from music comes from counting, but counting unconsciously. Music is nothing but unconscious arithmetic. "
 
So be careful who you are calling nerds Smile
and of course because we know mathematicians are the smartest of all scientists and will eventually rule the world.

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Sir Isaac Newton. For constructing a completely new form of mathematics (differential equations) to solve real "physical" problems. The world would look completely different nowadays without that. And sorry, I'm not a "pure" mathematician, but a chemist & I know what I use most....
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Fourier!!!
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^

You know music was considered an area of math for hundreds of years. You would learn the foundations of music from a mathematician. It was actually Pythagoras who discoved and laid down the harmonic intervals of instruments.
 
Here's a quote from Leibniz, the inventor of the calculus.
"The pleasure we obtain from music comes from counting, but counting unconsciously. Music is nothing but unconscious arithmetic. "
 
So be careful who you are calling nerds Smile
and of course because we know mathematicians are the smartest of all scientists and will eventually rule the world.
"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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Mathematician?... ok now Matias, hold yourself together, do not make fun of this people, they like math... you know that is pretty funny, but do not call them names now... neeeeeeeeeeeeerds!!!

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Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

^ You know Euler is great when his achievements are even greater than a mathematician from science fiction


Euler never inspired me to study Mathematics hahhaha Wink
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^ You know Euler is great when his achievements are even greater than a mathematician from science fiction
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