10 Greatest Mathematicians of ALL Time (1 Viewer)

[kurt.physics]

Who do you think is the 10 Greatest mathematicians of all time

Here my list

1. Leonhard Euler
-- because of his many contrubutions, the most elegant, methinks, being e^(πi) + 1 = 0, which i think is the most b-e-a-utiful equation ever (even including e = mc^2)

2. Évariste Galois
-- because he made a mathematical break-through at the age of 15 where he found a neccesary condition for a polynomial to be solved by radicals and later on, at age 19, worked up Galois theory.

5. Carl Gauss
-- Among many of his achievements, one of which was proof of the fundumental theorem of algebra

4. Isaac Newton
-- because he is the "father" of Calculus

5. René Decartes

6. Henri Poincaré

7. Andrew Wiles
-- for his 200 something page long proof of fermats conjugate

8. Elucid

9. Archemedes

10. ME!!! lol

 

[RedZenith]

1. Leonhard Euler
2. Carl Friedrich Gauss
3. Isaac Newton
4. Archimedes
5. Srinivasa Ramanujan
6. Euclid
7. Henri Poincaré
8. Gottfried Liebniz
9. Pierre de Fermat
10. Andrew Wiles (personally I think he's a bit overrated)

 

[gm.haider3000]

why dont u add L hosptal his my favourite i love him soo much xD and who can forget that trig guy i forgot his name but his HOT ill Date his ass any day.. i wana thank him for making my question RIGHT

 

[Captain Gh3y]

Needs more Erdős and also Hilbert

 

[kurt.physics]

Yes Terry Tao is a great mathematician, child protogy. Those books sound interesting. Just one question while im here, is this topic (subject?) "Appreciating the Beauty and Elegence of mathematics" a subject? And how would one participate, is it a school thing?

 

[pLuvia]

Yes Terry Tao is a great mathematician, child protogy. Those books sound interesting. Just one question while im here, is this topic (subject?) "Appreciating the Beauty and Elegence of mathematics" a subject? And how would one participate, is it a school thing?

lol no it's not a subject its just a forum for what the forum name suggests

 

[Kujah]

John Nash.

 

[kurt.physics]

I'll start a new thread, this new one can be "10 most elegant mathematics formulas",

here it is http://community.boredofstudies.org/238/appreciating-beauty-elegance-extracurricular-topics/160292/10-most-elegant-mathematics-formulas.html#post3199903

 

[§eraphim]

In probability, Kolmogorov is king.

Surely, Poisson and Fourier should get a mention as the top classical mathematicians?

 

[Seppuku]

Just one question while im here, is this topic (subject?) "Appreciating the Beauty and Elegence of mathematics" a subject? And how would one participate, is it a school thing?

ACtually its one of the syllabus points of extension 2 maths (if i remember properly). Not that many people do anyway.

 

[vafa]

I would say Alkhawarazmi. He is the father of algebra.

Also you also can have Clairaut.

 

[HappyFeet]

What's so great about Fermat?

1. Euler
2. Sophie Germain
3. Nash
4. Wiles
5. Taniyama-Shimura (for coming up with the conjecture proved by Wiles)
6. Frey (transforming the Fermat equation into an elliptic curve)
7. Gauss
8. Perelman
9. Ramanujan
10. Galois

 

[beentherdunthat]

ACtually its one of the syllabus points of extension 2 maths (if i remember properly). Not that many people do anyway.

You read the syllabus for EXTENSION 2 MATHS!????!

someone take a shot.

i dont even think jaffars dun that! LOL.

 

[symmetry]

Rubbish about Newton invention of calculus. The concept of infinitesimally small changes were known to Indian mathematician as far back as the 5th century. As I understand it, Newtonian calculus does not include Integration. Leibnitz version of calculus was far more comprehensive. I also think Lagrange also deserve a mention.

 

[stampede]

Rubbish about Newton invention of calculus. The concept of infinitesimally small changes were known to Indian mathematician as far back as the 5th century. As I understand it, Newtonian calculus does not include Integration. Leibnitz version of calculus was far more comprehensive. I also think Lagrange also deserve a mention.

mate you are freaky

join date : sep2004 - 7 years ago

posts: 2

and thats including this one that u wrote talking to people who had this discussion 4 years ago

holy shit i dont know wat to say