Eukleides of Alexandria was most definitely not Roman.Euclid? I thought he was Roman ?
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Huayna Capac357
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Was Erastothenes Roman? Or Strabo?
ParadigmShifter
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Indeed, only Al-Khwarizmi makes my list between Greece and the Renaissance.
EDIT: Erastothenes was Greek. Never heard of Strabo, but his wiki says he was Greek, born in Turkey, and lived in Rome
EDIT2: Romans are more regarded for Engineering rather than mathematics.
EDIT: Erastothenes was Greek. Never heard of Strabo, but his wiki says he was Greek, born in Turkey, and lived in Rome
EDIT2: Romans are more regarded for Engineering rather than mathematics.
Eratosthenes wasn't. Strabo was borderline.
Eukleides lived in Alexandria, which belonged to the Ptolemaioi. He did not speak Latin. There is no possible way to refer to him as 'Roman'.
Huayna Capac357
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I am confused then. Sorry.
dwaxe
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Gauss, are you kidding me?
He was OMGWTFBBQ genius.
He was OMGWTFBBQ genius.
ParadigmShifter
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But Gauss never went blind and increased his productivity afterwards, or worked for Catherine the Great
Huayna Capac357
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Civ has ruined the phrase "worked for Catherine the Great" forever. Anyway, I don't think that you can really say one single mathematician is more important than other great ones. You can say which mathematician is the greatest for a time period and specific place, but not in all of mathematics.
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You figured out this was subjective too?
ParadigmShifter
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We need more aggro-mathematicians.
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Nylan
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No love for Descartes 
ParadigmShifter
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Well, some love for Descartes. I'm disappointed Galois hasn't got any votes, perhaps he was too emo
And the ladies are doing very badly as well.
And the ladies are doing very badly as well.
nihilistic
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Gauss. Euler is close, but I like Gauss.
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Every person who has education in math above an undergraduate degree that I know has said Gauss.
Actually, my friend with a triple-PhD in Mathematical Studies says that Gauss's work contains hidden elements of oppression and that to achieve true human emancipation we have to renounce math altogether, starting with him.
Fifty
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Funny you should say that, as Gauss seemed to be quite a politically enlightened individual at least in some respects. I remember reading of him, upon finding out that Sophie Germain was a chick, writing to her about how impressed he was that she could be so brilliant despite all the prejudices against girls doing math.
azzaman333
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I agree with someone more knowledgable about famous matheticians than I.
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Results after 1 day and 69 votes:
1st Euler SWI (15)
2nd Gauss DEU (13)
3rd Newton GBR (12)
4th Archimedes HEL (5)
5th Pythagoras HEL (4)
"Someone I've overlooked" scored 7, of people who stated that as a preference Liebniz is the only one mentioned by name.
The French seem to be the chasing pack behind the leaders.
I'm not surprised by the top 3, Gauss being 2nd place is probably because the work he is known for tends to be more advanced than Euler and Newton.
Euclid not being the top Greek is my biggest surprise.
Still no votes for the girls (Germain and Noether).
Galois hasn't got any votes yet either but I expect that is because (a) he suffers from the same "too advanced to be well known" problem that Gauss may have and (b) not reaching the age of 21 meant his career was very short although much of modern mathematics relies on his work.
1st Euler SWI (15)
2nd Gauss DEU (13)
3rd Newton GBR (12)
4th Archimedes HEL (5)
5th Pythagoras HEL (4)
"Someone I've overlooked" scored 7, of people who stated that as a preference Liebniz is the only one mentioned by name.
The French seem to be the chasing pack behind the leaders.
I'm not surprised by the top 3, Gauss being 2nd place is probably because the work he is known for tends to be more advanced than Euler and Newton.
Euclid not being the top Greek is my biggest surprise.
Still no votes for the girls (Germain and Noether).
Galois hasn't got any votes yet either but I expect that is because (a) he suffers from the same "too advanced to be well known" problem that Gauss may have and (b) not reaching the age of 21 meant his career was very short although much of modern mathematics relies on his work.
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