Timeline for Mathematicians with both “very abstract” and “very applied” achievements
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| Jul 9, 2020 at 0:27 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | Sadly, the late Ron Graham. See also mathoverflow.net/questions/365170/… | |
| Jan 7, 2020 at 15:57 | comment | added | John Coleman | @ToddTrimble Whether or not Graham's number deserves its hype, it is still illustrative of the fact that Graham did both pure and applied mathematics. | |
| Jan 5, 2020 at 2:40 | comment | added | Todd Trimble | Graham's number is not a good example; it was a number he made up during an interview with Martin Gardner, and was not used in a serious mathematical proof. See here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham%27s_number#Publication or for that matter here mathoverflow.net/a/118650/2926 | |
| S Jan 3, 2020 at 12:32 | history | answered | John Coleman | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
| S Jan 3, 2020 at 12:32 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by John Coleman |