Which are the greatest mathematicians of all times?

rudy235 · 2022-01-22, 02:12

Which is the greatest mathematician of all times? (in breath and in single accomplishment ) and why?

Did I miss anyone that I should have included?

Alphabetized

1. Archimedes
2. Greg Cantor
3. René Descartes
4. Euclid
5. Leonhard Euler
6. Paul Erdös
7. Pierre de Fermat
8. Évariste Galois
9. Carl Gauss
10. Godfrey Hardy
11. Hypatia
12. Gottfried Leibniz
13. John Littlewood
14. isaac Newton
15. Pythagoras
16. Henri Poincaré
17. Srinivasa Ramanujan
18. Bernhard Riemann
19. Andrew Wiles

Batalov · 2022-01-22, 02:44

19. Yitang "Tom" Zhang
20. Terence Tao
... ?

masser · 2022-01-22, 03:15

Hilbert?

axn · 2022-01-22, 03:16

Grigori Perelman

jwaltos · 2022-01-22, 03:32

The guy or gal that invented zero. An ancestor of theirs probably invented the wheel too.
Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi..Appollonius of Perga, Diophantus..
“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” ~ Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes.
Looking at the premise of the initial listing, the movie "The Usual Suspects (1995)" comes to mind.

rudy235 · 2022-01-22, 03:48

Augustin-Louis Cauchy

jwaltos · 2022-01-22, 04:38

The unsung inventor(s) of the abacus and quipu [... If this conjecture is correct, quipus are the only known example of a complex language recorded in a 3-D system.(Src.: Wiki)]

xilman · 2022-01-22, 08:31

Pythagoras sorts after Poincare in the Romanized alphabeticisation of his name.

I'd add Ed Witten, the only physicist to have won a Fields Medal.

retina · 2022-01-22, 09:04

The time span of ~2600 years makes comparisons difficult.

If a Pythagoras equivalent was born in this era could (s)he make any contribution today?

Also Ramanujan and Galois died far too early IMO. I'm sure there could have been a lot more from them.

Why does isacc not get a capital I?

EdH · 2022-01-22, 13:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by retina

. . .
Why does isacc not get a capital I?

The tittle represents an apple, perhaps?

charybdis · 2022-01-22, 13:42

Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Emmy Noether and John von Neumann are notable omissions so far.

I'm not sure what Hypatia has done to deserve her place on this list. I hope she wasn't added solely for female representation (in which case, why not Noether?)

2022-01-22, 02:12	#1
rudy235 Jun 2015 Vallejo, CA/. 445₁₆ Posts	Which are the greatest mathematicians of all times? Which is the greatest mathematician of all times? (in breath and in single accomplishment ) and why? Did I miss anyone that I should have included? Alphabetized Archimedes Greg Cantor René Descartes Euclid Leonhard Euler Paul Erdös Pierre de Fermat Évariste Galois Carl Gauss Godfrey Hardy Hypatia Gottfried Leibniz John Littlewood isaac Newton Pythagoras Henri Poincaré Srinivasa Ramanujan Bernhard Riemann Andrew Wiles Last fiddled with by rudy235 on 2022-01-22 at 02:54 Reason: é É

2022-01-22, 03:32	#5
jwaltos Apr 2012 Oh oh. 703₈ Posts	The guy or gal that invented zero. An ancestor of theirs probably invented the wheel too. Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi..Appollonius of Perga, Diophantus.. “When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” ~ Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. Looking at the premise of the initial listing, the movie "The Usual Suspects (1995)" comes to mind. Last fiddled with by jwaltos on 2022-01-22 at 04:18

2022-01-22, 04:38	#7
jwaltos Apr 2012 Oh oh. 11·41 Posts	The unsung inventor(s) of the abacus and quipu [... If this conjecture is correct, quipus are the only known example of a complex language recorded in a 3-D system.(Src.: Wiki)] Last fiddled with by jwaltos on 2022-01-22 at 04:43

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Batalov "Serge" Mar 2008 Phi(4,2^7658614+1)/2 23137₈ Posts	19. Yitang "Tom" Zhang 20. Terence Tao ... ?

2022-01-22, 03:15	#3
masser Jul 2003 Behind BB 7·269 Posts	Hilbert?

2022-01-22, 03:16	#4
axn Jun 2003 23·233 Posts	Grigori Perelman

2022-01-22, 03:48	#6
rudy235 Jun 2015 Vallejo, CA/. 1093₁₀ Posts	Augustin-Louis Cauchy

2022-01-22, 08:31	#8
xilman Bamboozled! "𒉺𒌌𒇷𒆷𒀭" May 2003 Down not across 11299₁₀ Posts	Pythagoras sorts after Poincare in the Romanized alphabeticisation of his name. I'd add Ed Witten, the only physicist to have won a Fields Medal.

2022-01-22, 09:04	#9
retina Undefined "The unspeakable one" Jun 2006 My evil lair 1935₁₆ Posts	The time span of ~2600 years makes comparisons difficult. If a Pythagoras equivalent was born in this era could (s)he make any contribution today? Also Ramanujan and Galois died far too early IMO. I'm sure there could have been a lot more from them. Why does isacc not get a capital I?

2022-01-22, 13:42	#11
charybdis Apr 2020 2·3³·13 Posts	Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Emmy Noether and John von Neumann are notable omissions so far. I'm not sure what Hypatia has done to deserve her place on this list. I hope she wasn't added solely for female representation (in which case, why not Noether?)