Timeline for Who is the last mathematician that understood all of mathematics. [closed]
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| Sep 15, 2021 at 16:26 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Stefan Kohl♦ | ||
| Sep 24, 2016 at 6:34 | comment | added | Pacerier | Also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Tao#Research_and_awards | |
| Dec 12, 2014 at 20:15 | comment | added | TT_ stands with Russia | A.N.Kolmogorov. His results range from math. logic to hydrodynamics. | |
| Jun 14, 2010 at 16:10 | comment | added | Jon Awbrey | Ploymath? That would be Euler, for his summability, or Von Neumann again, for his bluff ability. | |
| Jun 12, 2010 at 7:19 | comment | added | Unknown | You mean a ploymath? May be Poincare. | |
| Jun 12, 2010 at 1:04 | comment | added | S. Carnahan♦ | Closed. This is not a question that has a correct answer, or even consensus regarding approximate time period. | |
| Jun 12, 2010 at 0:56 | history | closed |
Kevin H. Lin José Figueroa-O'Farrill Harry Gindi Steve Huntsman S. Carnahan♦ |
not constructive | |
| Jun 12, 2010 at 0:25 | answer | added | danseetea | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jun 12, 2010 at 0:18 | answer | added | Daniel Asimov | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jun 11, 2010 at 23:54 | answer | added | Jon Awbrey | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jun 11, 2010 at 23:43 | comment | added | François G. Dorais | This calls for a meta thread - tea.mathoverflow.net/discussion/439/… | |
| Jun 11, 2010 at 23:30 | comment | added | danseetea | I disagree. I think the subjective/argumentative element of this question would be avoided if instead of discussing it, people could give references to historians of mathematics discussing this issue; this is not merely a personal question of "who was the last mathematician.." but actually a question about the development of mathematics in early 20th century (the mathematician itself would only be a representative). | |
| Jun 11, 2010 at 23:28 | comment | added | alext87 | Okay. It seemed an interesting question, just perhaps not interesting enough to research mathematicians. Sorry I find it hard to judge what is and is not suitable for MO. | |
| Jun 11, 2010 at 23:20 | comment | added | Kevin H. Lin | I agree with Mariano. | |
| Jun 11, 2010 at 23:15 | comment | added | Mariano Suárez-Álvarez | This question would make for an interesting blog post, with an interesting thread of comments. For a MO question, probably not so much. | |
| Jun 11, 2010 at 23:09 | answer | added | danseetea | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jun 11, 2010 at 23:00 | answer | added | Joel David Hamkins | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jun 11, 2010 at 22:50 | history | asked | alext87 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |