Who is the greatest mathematician ever? (1 Viewer)

[shaon0]

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

 

[humphdogg]

Terry Tao



Actually I'd say that Riemann was a bit of a gun.

 

[shaon0]

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?

 

[me121]

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

 

[Trebla]

What about Einstein?

 

[shaon0]

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

What about Einstein?

Einstein's really good but he is more physics than actual pure math.

 

[charlesdinio]

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

 

[Trebla]

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!"

 

[shaon0]

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.

 

[Will Shakespear]

anyone who didn't vote for euler has no idea

 

[Js^-1]

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.

 

[shaon0]

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.

 

[me121]

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.

 

[teurino]

Sir Issac Newton

 

[henry08]

Euler.

 

[axlenatore]

me

 

[shaon0]

..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

 

[kony]

how about Srinivasa Ramanujan?

 

[shaon0]

how about Srinivasa Ramanujan?

his pretty good but not well known.

 

[me121]

yeah true you can't list them all

beside.. i was just listing my favourites there, not necessarily the 'greatest'.