Timeline for Prominent non-mathematical work of mathematicians
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| Nov 29, 2020 at 7:10 | comment | added | Wlod AA | @GerryMyerso, it's mixed. OP said outstanding/prominent. But there were over 30 answers before mine, and the average level for these 30+ is way below outstanding/prominent, and overall I believe that also clearly below my answer. ### My weakest case was wonderful Bott who indeed was simply an engineering student. ... Munkres did an algorithm (Erdos would call it computer science, not mathematics). | |
| Nov 29, 2020 at 4:21 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | Did Fermat do anything prominent as a lawyer? Did Poincare, Lefschetz, Bott do anything prominent when they were "into" engineering? Did Thom do anything prominent in the unmentionable areas that interested him? Did Milnor et al do nonmathematical things on those DoD contracts? Isn't the assignment problem mathematics? Any details on the mathematician who invented a parallel processor, and how it impacted communism? | |
| Nov 28, 2020 at 20:53 | history | edited | Wlod AA | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Fermat & physics.
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| Nov 28, 2020 at 20:08 | history | edited | Wlod AA | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Ulam
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| Nov 28, 2020 at 19:58 | history | edited | Wlod AA | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Greg Kuperberg
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| Nov 28, 2020 at 19:45 | history | edited | Wlod AA | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
DOD contracts
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| Nov 28, 2020 at 19:35 | history | edited | Wlod AA | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Nov 28, 2020 at 19:30 | history | answered | Wlod AA | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
| S Nov 28, 2020 at 19:30 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Wlod AA |