19th century math vs 20th century math

>>9063540

Mersenne and Fermat

>>9063540
>Gauss or Tao?
Gauss
>Riemann or Serre?
Riemann
>Galois or Wiles?
Wiles
>Dedekind or Jacobson
Dedekind
>Cauchy or Ahlfors?
Cauchy
>Abel or Floer?
Abel
>Weierstrass or Nirenberg?
Weierstrass

>>9063540
>comparing mathematicians like pokemon
consider kys

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>>9063547
>Wiles

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>>9063556
>picking Galois over Wiles
fight me pleb, there might be an argument for Galois if he had lived longer

>>9063540
>Gauss or Tao?
Gauss
>Riemann or Serre?
Riemann
>Galois or Wiles?
Galois
>Dedekind or Jacobson
Jacobson
>Cauchy or Ahlfors?
Cauchy
>Abel or Floer?
Floer
>Weierstrass or Nirenberg?
Wierstrass

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>>9063570
Galois invented abstract algebra before dyind in a duel at age 20.

Mazur's contribution to the solution of Fermat's last theorem was more substantial than that of Wiles. He takes all credits and cries on tv.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SccDUpIPXM0

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>>9063626
>Mazur's contribution to the solution of Fermat's last theorem was more substantial than that of Wiles.

>>9063547
>I'm just going to pick the more popular one of the two
>uh-oh people might notice and call me a pleb
>better switch Galois and Wiles to throw them off

pleb. Wiles is a stupid cunt that did NOT solve Fermat's last theorem, he just started working on it when it was already practically solved, came up with the completely wrong answer, and let Richard Taylor find the real solution while taking all the credit. Talentless hack.

Srinivasa Ramanujan would have solved Fermat's Last Theorem easily had he not died of illness. Wiles got lucky that random chance had allowed the world around the theorem to progress to such a level where any retard could have solved it.

>>9064380
>Wiles got lucky that random chance had allowed the world around the theorem to progress to such a level where any retard could have solved it.
So why didn't anyone solve it before him?

>>9064389
Random chance. Wiles happened to be interested in elliptic curves, he was in the right moment at the right time.

Pure random luck that nobody stumbled upon it before him.

>>9064407
>Pure random luck that nobody stumbled upon it before him.
Sounds like quite the hypothetical, especially considering how many people work in elliptic curves.

>>9063540
>Gauss or Tao?
Gauss by far. The difference is so large comparing them is retarded.
>Riemann or Serre?
Serre.
>Galois or Wiles?
Galois.
>Dedekind or Jacobson
Even.
>Cauchy or Ahlfors?
Cauchy, by far.
>Abel or Floer?
Abel.
>Weierstrass or Nirenberg?
Weierstrass.

>>9063540
who is this semen demon?

>>9063626
>>9064380
why are people so obsessed with revisionist history here? /pol/ invasion?

>>9064675
>why are people so obsessed with revisionist history here?
I think it's more posting out of ignorance than deliberate revisionism

>>9064675
>/pol/
>praising an indian a.k.a. a "poo in the loo"
The blame /pol/ for everything schtick is getting old.

>>9064680
What's getting old is /pol/ trash like you not realizing how stupid they are.

>>9064711
I am not a /pol/ack. Nor do I regret bursting your bubble.

>>9063540
I'm a math undergrad and slowly coming to the conclusion that I don't actually like math. I got in because I loved the almost recreational topics like graph theory, number theory, 2D and 3D geometry. I know I'm wrong but I just feel like a lot of what mathematicians actually do, like category theory and metamathematics is useless wankery. Any other brainlets feel that way? I'd say I'm only interested in what I can actually see but then again I fucking hate physics.

>>9064719
>criticizes someone for praising an Indian mathematician
>not a /pol/ack
You are in spirit.

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>>9064669
Gold medal winner of EGMO 2017.

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All the older ones better, mathematicians at what they used to be. Much more complex work today makes it more difficult desu. Only person today that could be compared to those oldies are Perelman and ofcourse pic related, solved the riemann hypothesis and hodge conjecture and is now working on P = NP

>>9066151
forced meme

>>9063570
he did live longer, he'll live longer than all of /sci/ and that wiles faggot no one gives a shit about.

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>ctrl f "witten"
>zero results

yup, it's another brainlet thread.

>>9066163
Not an argument pleb. I work with him when he has free time and he plans to publish the papers soon. I dont understand the hodge conjecture one at all (not as bad as interuniversal teichmuller bullshit but similar). The riemann hypothesis paper will win a fields medal though.

>>9066151
Brian Quinn puts the Q in IQ as far as I'm concerned.

>>9066181
>>9066185
>prank shows lel
You faggots aren't funny

>>9064407
>stumbled upon it before him
Dude worked on the problem exclusively for years.

>>9066181

who?

what?

>>9064726
I know how you feel. I used to think non-euclidean geometries and stuff were important and worth knowing but honestly, who gives a crap? (not even being ironic here, I get that it's interesting for mathematicians but come on)
That and excessive formalism. It's not even that it's hard, it's just a testament to the levels of autism this field has achieved.

>>9066185
He is a hobo with actually no brain power
>>9066190
Not making fun joke joke. Look up his background, he is a mathematical genius in hiding. He is like perelman but less russian and not as hermit. Papers up on arxiv soon

where the fuck is groethendieck you brainlet

>>9066204
I can't wait for summer to end.

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>>9063540
>19th century math vs 20th century math
>which is better?

>Gauss or Tao?
Wildberger
>Riemann or Serre?
WildMcBurger
>Galois or Wiles?
Wild "The reals are niggers of the numbers" Berger
>Dedekind or Jacobson
Skeptical straya-man who hates reals
>Cauchy or Ahlfors?
Wild "Real numbers doesn't real" berger
>Abel or Floer?
Wild-Burger
>Weierstrass or Nirenberg?
Wiles Burger

Mfw all the mathematicians you like believe in magical fairytales that don't exist.

>>9066225
>Skeptical straya-man who hates reals
he's canadian

>just read Tao's wikipedia page
jfc what am I doing with my life, I didn't even truly know what it meant to be a brainlet until now

>>9066215
Same, fuck this weather let's get some snow. But nah I am here year round sorry.

>>9066254
>He hasn't read von Neumann's Wiki page
You can't get off the wild ride, my friend.

>>9066286
Imagine if he lived another 20 years

>>9066301
Imagine if instead of being a polymath he stuck to a single field and ground to the ground. I think the effects would still be pretty fucking noticeable.

>>9064735
>having such abysmal reading comprehension
What the fuck are you doing on /sci/?

>>9066247
Shut the fuck up

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>>9066394