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From: Ostap S. B. M. Bender Jr. on 10 Mar 2010 06:27
On Mar 5, 2:22 am, riderofgiraffes <mathforum.org...(a)solipsys.co.uk>
wrote:
> An iniquitous question, perhaps, but certainly
> there are mathematicians still living who are,
> for one reason or another, more widely known.
> It exposes my background, perhaps, but I would
> include Perelman, Wiles, Graham and Conway.
>
> Who would you nominate for your current (or near
> current) top 10?  Impossible, of course, since
> there are now more mathematicians living than
> have ever lived before, but it's a different
> twist than asking for the greatest ever.
>
> Feel free to include nominations for "greatest
> ever" as well:
>
> Euler, Gauss, Eudoxus, Fermat, ...
>

Newton? Leibniz? Kolmogorov? Euler? Cauchy? Pascal? Riemann?

>
> And of course, Erdos.
>

Not in the same league.

Let me start our own S&M (sci.math) list of Top Ten mathematicians of
all times:

1. JSH
2. Inverse 19
3. EEE






From: I.N. Galidakis on 10 Mar 2010 07:47
Gerry Myerson wrote:
[snip]

> Perhaps we could pass the virtual hat around and raise funds
> for a prestigious Sci.Math.Medal to be awarded annually by a
> committee composed of Robert Israel, Gerald Edgar, Arturo
> Magidin, etc.

As far as sci.math is concerned, I would give the virtual hat to Robert, with my
apologies to all the rest mentioned.

He possesses some of the best properties in the tradition of the Ancients:

He is humble, silent, quick, efficient, optimal, helpful, non-boasting, very
slow to anger, non-show off, non-judgmental, patient, open-minded, honest, not
opinionated, psychologically balanced, does not participate in flame wars, and
he is an expert in the subjects he touches.

Based on the above attributes which are fairly obvious from his postings, I'd
say that he is also a terrific mathematics teacher, although there is no way to
deduce that directly.
--
Ioannis

From: Bart Goddard on 10 Mar 2010 08:25
"I.N. Galidakis" <morpheus(a)olympus.mons> wrote in
news:1268225265.820109(a)athprx04:

> Gerry Myerson wrote:
> [snip]
>
>> Perhaps we could pass the virtual hat around and raise funds
>> for a prestigious Sci.Math.Medal to be awarded annually by a
>> committee composed of Robert Israel, Gerald Edgar, Arturo
>> Magidin, etc.
>
> As far as sci.math is concerned, I would give the virtual hat to
> Robert, with my apologies to all the rest mentioned.
>
> He possesses some of the best properties in the tradition of the
> Ancients:
>
> He is humble, silent, quick, efficient, optimal, helpful,
> non-boasting, very slow to anger, non-show off, non-judgmental,
> patient, open-minded, honest, not opinionated, psychologically
> balanced, does not participate in flame wars, and he is an expert in
> the subjects he touches.

So, in other words, he epitomizes everything that sci.math
is NOT. We might be insulting him if we gave him the
sci.math award (the "Newty".)

B.

--
Cheerfully resisting change since 1959.
From: Omega Cubed on 10 Mar 2010 17:50
On 2010-03-09, Tonico <Tonicopm(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> Perhaps the closest one is the Wolf Prize, but still far behind the
> importance of a Nobel, comparatively.

There's also the Abel prize.

W
From: omega on 10 Mar 2010 08:24
> An iniquitous question, perhaps, but certainly
> there are mathematicians still living who are,
> for one reason or another, more widely known.
> It exposes my background, perhaps, but I would
> include Perelman, Wiles, Graham and Conway.
>
> Who would you nominate for your current (or near
> current) top 10? Impossible, of course, since
> there are now more mathematicians living than
> have ever lived before, but it's a different
> twist than asking for the greatest ever.
>
> Feel free to include nominations for "greatest
> ever" as well:
>
> Euler, Gauss, Eudoxus, Fermat, ...
>
> And of course, Erdos.

living/recently living (in alphabetical order):

1.Armand Borel
2.Jean Bourgain
3.Louis de Branges
4.Israel Gelfand
5.Alexander Grothendieck
6.Mark Krein
7.Serge Lang
8.Jean Leray
9.Saharon Shelah
10.Arthur Harold Stone
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