Timeline for Fundamental theorems [closed]
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| Jun 6 at 19:27 | history | left closed in review |
Alex M. Michael Albanese Daniele Tampieri |
Original close reason(s) were not resolved | |
| Jun 6 at 10:23 | comment | added | Pietro Majer | (Of course it is true that a theory may change so much in years, that a traditionally named “fundamental theorem” is now but a side result). | |
| Jun 6 at 10:18 | comment | added | Pietro Majer | @HarryGindi As I understand it, the fundamental theorem of a theory is the theorem upon which the whole theory is funded, that allows its methods and therefore determines its development. There may be other important theorems, as conclusive results, that make the theory important. E.g. I would support the Hahn-Banach Theorem as Fundamental theorem of Banach spaces, and certainly the Mean Value Theorem as Fundamental theorem of differential calculus. | |
| Jun 6 at 10:00 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| May 24, 2010 at 16:25 | vote | accept | Unknown | ||
| May 21, 2010 at 5:41 | comment | added | Kim Morrison | Sorry, I spoke from ignorance not malice. Having thoroughly enjoyed many of the amusing lists that are (used to be?) found on wikipedia, I thought that they were acceptable there. I haven't paid much attention to the meta side of wikipedia for a long time. | |
| May 20, 2010 at 23:48 | comment | added | Victor Protsak | I found the last sentence very unhelpful. Wikipedia likes them about as much as MO, but it's harder to prevent anything posted to Wikipedia and arguments about removal of content can drag on ad infinitum. What would you think if someone on WP encouraged people to dump their trash here? | |
| May 20, 2010 at 19:04 | comment | added | Kim Morrison | Closed. I'm not excited about jumble-bag big-list questions, and I think this one is not going to be very useful to anyone, so I've closed it. Wikipedia seems to like big lists, and I'd encourage anyone excited about this particular list to try it out there. | |
| May 20, 2010 at 19:03 | history | closed |
Harry Gindi Andrew Stacey Kevin H. Lin Andy Putman Kim Morrison |
not a real question | |
| May 20, 2010 at 18:34 | comment | added | Andy Putman | I voted to close. I see no commonality between answers to this question other than a linguistic one (ie someone decided to call a lemma "fundamental"). | |
| May 20, 2010 at 17:37 | answer | added | HJRW | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 20, 2010 at 17:09 | answer | added | Nate Eldredge | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 20, 2010 at 17:06 | answer | added | Nate Eldredge | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 20, 2010 at 16:48 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Anton Geraschenko | ||
| May 20, 2010 at 12:03 | answer | added | Gerry Myerson | timeline score: 7 | |
| May 20, 2010 at 9:58 | answer | added | Charles Matthews | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 20, 2010 at 9:24 | comment | added | Unknown | Okay we may stay content with those that have the tag only or what people consider fundamental but not tagged that way. | |
| May 20, 2010 at 9:22 | comment | added | gowers | I don't know how standard they are, but a Google search reveals that at least some people refer to fundamental theorems of Galois theory, space curves, projective geometry and Riemannian geometry. | |
| May 20, 2010 at 8:35 | comment | added | Harry Gindi | I don't really understand what distinguishes a "fundamental theorem" from an important theorem apart from having the luck to have been called a fundamental theorem. Is it really true, for instance, that the FTC is really the most important theorem in calculus? Maybe it's the most important theorem in highschool calculus, but, I would say that there are a large number of theorems of real analysis in one variable that are as important if not moreso. Similarly, is the fundamental theorem of algebra really important for algebra, or should it be the fundamental theorem of complex numbers? | |
| May 20, 2010 at 8:26 | history | edited | Harry Gindi | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| May 20, 2010 at 8:25 | history | asked | Unknown | CC BY-SA 2.5 |