Timeline for Fields of mathematics that were dormant for a long time until someone revitalized them
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| Aug 26, 2021 at 20:13 | comment | added | Ryan Budney | I agree with Lee. This is an example of a field that only went out of fashion in a sub-population of mathematics. It was actively being researched, and the theory was amazingly successful, but much of the nature of the work was technical-enough that a significant proportion of the mathematics community did not understand the consequences. Even today, the impact of geometrization on knot theory isn't emphasized nearly as much as it should be. | |
| Apr 1, 2012 at 20:59 | comment | added | Lee Mosher | o.O < ponders the backwaters of 1984--1960 knot theory inhabited by D. Gabai, W. Thurston, D. Rolfsen, H. Hilden, J. Montesinos, J. Birman, C. Gordon, L. Kaufmann, R. Riley, W. Whitten, L. Neuworth, K. Murasugi, R. Fox.......... > | |
| Mar 9, 2011 at 22:33 | comment | added | Ian Agol | Maybe this should go back to Lord Kelvin and Tait | |
| May 12, 2010 at 4:26 | history | answered | Victor Protsak | CC BY-SA 2.5 |