I agree with Riemann but would you call Terrence Tao one of the greatest mathematicians?humphdogg said:Terry Tao
Actually I'd say that Riemann was a bit of a gun.
Yeah Gauss is my favourite but you didn't include Euler on your listme121 said:its hard to say.. there are many great mathematicians. i voted for Gauss, but some of my other favourites are,
* Henri Poincaré
* Bernhard Riemann
* Benoît Mandelbrot
* Felix Klein
* Edward Lorenz
* Heinz Hopf
* Euclid
* Kurt Gödel
* Ludwig Schläfli
Einstein's really good but he is more physics than actual pure math.Trebla said:What about Einstein?
That still makes him a mathematician in an applied sense. All those theorems he came up with were a result of mathematics. One of his well known quotes: "Don't worry about your difficulties in mathematics. I can assure you mine are greater!"shaon0 said:Einstein's really good but he is more physics than actual pure math.
I know where your coming from but i think this thread should be dedicated to pure mathematicians.Trebla said:That still makes him a mathematician in an applied sense. All those theorems he came up with were a result of mathematics. One of his well known quotes: "Don't worry about your difficulties in mathematics. I can assure you mine are greater!"
Lol, wasn't he a mystic in a 'magical' society? Still, Maths has nothing to do with what you beleive in. I voted for Euler, but there are heaps to choose from.charlesdinio said:dont be dogs.. give it to pythagoras, he was a legend in his own right.
..yeh Euler did lots of great things too. (eg. euler's formula (though on wikipedia it says this(in a similar form) was proven by Roger Cotes before Euler published it) and the V-E+F=2 formula).. but i guess there are so many greats out there, and i didn't want to list them all.shaon0 said:Yeah Gauss is my favourite but you didn't include Euler on your list
yeah true you can't list them allme121 said:..yeh Euler did lots of great things too. (eg. euler's formula (though on wikipedia it says this(in a similar form) was proven by Roger Cotes before Euler published it) and the V-E+F=2 formula).. but i guess there are so many greats out there, and i didn't want to list them all.
his pretty good but not well known.kony said:how about Srinivasa Ramanujan?
beside.. i was just listing my favourites there, not necessarily the 'greatest'.shaon0 said:yeah true you can't list them all