Timeline for Who is the last mathematician that understood all of mathematics.
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| Jun 12, 2010 at 9:28 | comment | added | Harry Gindi | Dear Michael, according to Dieudonné, Bourbaki was created to write down only the most elementary and foundational results (cf. The Work of Nicholas [sic] Bourbaki, which is an interview with Dieudonné). Clearly, if we go just by the work published under the name "Nicolas Bourbaki", then Bourbaki certainly didn't think he knew everything. If instead we ascribe to Bourbaki the sum of the knowledge of all of his collaborators, then Bourbaki is really a serious contender. I realize that it's fashionable nowadays to dismiss Bourbaki's accomplishments, but I personally think it's in poor taste. | |
| Jun 12, 2010 at 0:40 | comment | added | Michael Hardy | Maybe Bourbaki thinks he knows everything? | |
| Jun 12, 2010 at 0:37 | comment | added | BCnrd | Bourbaki doesn't know any hard analysis, only the soft stuff which requires no difficult estimates. | |
| Jun 12, 2010 at 0:25 | history | answered | danseetea | CC BY-SA 2.5 |