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Who is the greatest mathematician ever? (1 Viewer)

Who is the best mathematician ever?

  • Leonhard Euler

    Votes: 22 16.8%
  • Carl F. Gauss

    Votes: 15 11.5%
  • Archimedes

    Votes: 8 6.1%
  • Isaac Newton

    Votes: 52 39.7%
  • Euclid

    Votes: 9 6.9%
  • Other

    Votes: 25 19.1%

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I know this is debatable but who do you think is the best mathematician ever? or who is your favourite?
 

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humphdogg said:
Terry Tao :)



Actually I'd say that Riemann was a bit of a gun.
I agree with Riemann but would you call Terrence Tao one of the greatest mathematicians?
 

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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
 

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What about Einstein?
 

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me121 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
Yeah Gauss is my favourite but you didn't include Euler on your list

Trebla said:
What about Einstein?
Einstein's really good but he is more physics than actual pure math.
 

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dont be dogs.. give it to pythagoras, he was a legend in his own right.
 

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shaon0 said:
Einstein's really good but he is more physics than actual pure math.
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!"
 

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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!"
I know where your coming from but i think this thread should be dedicated to pure mathematicians.

Damn...i forgot to include Augustin Cauchy.
 

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charlesdinio said:
dont be dogs.. give it to pythagoras, he was a legend in his own right.
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.
 

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Carl F. Gauss is my favourite because he came up with so much stuff which he didn't even publish which ended up being major part of mathematics. Plus, he could correct his dad's taxes at the age of 3.
 

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shaon0 said:
Yeah Gauss is my favourite but you didn't include Euler on your list
..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.
 

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me121 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.
yeah true you can't list them all
 

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