Or it's only practice that matters?
2006-06-30 17:06:25 · 25 answers · asked by Theta40 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
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2006-06-30 17:19:19 · update #1
Practice is important, but it isn't all that matters. Mathematicians on the cutting edge of the field must be creative and intelligent to succeed. The best mathematicians also have a great deal of imagination as well. Math is also a hell of a lot of work sometimes.
Mathematics evolves to suit the application required of it, and it requires a certain kind of intelligence to develop new theories. It isn't as if someone woke up one day and invented math out of thin air. It was created to help model real phenomena. There is some memorization involved in nearly all mathematics, because it would be utterly exhausting to rediscover every theorem and fact required to solve a problem on the spot. Generally, more advanced math cannot be done without a lot of thinking though.
2006-06-30 17:45:24 · answer #1 · answered by anonymous 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mathematicians are very smart, but intelligence is another story. To be smart, you must know things, by definition at least. They have studied and know by heart how each sum is reached in great detail. After you learn something, do you have to figure it out anymore? Or do you just recognize it and remember what the previous outcome was?
Intelligence however is not about how much or little you know about, well anything. It is only about your ability to learn and comprehend. I think mathematicians are intelligent when it comes to logic based equations, after all, that's what math is, logic. 2 x 2 is always 4, no exceptions. So no, they are not necessarily intelligent, but as we all know, different strokes for different folks.
2006-07-01 00:26:21 · answer #2 · answered by doranpalmer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simply put, Yes. Mathematicians work with logic and they have more common sense than artists (people who are talented in the arts or humanitites). Feelings aren't invlved and thigs don't get complicated like that. If you consider the measure of intelligence, the Intelligence Quotient, it is comprised of a series of patterns, logic scenarios and other "patterns". This is why the highest IQ's ever recorded are by mathematicians!!.... Newton, Glaileo, Descartes, and the list goes on and on....
2006-07-01 20:03:04 · answer #3 · answered by Double AA Farsi 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mathematics, like music, requires practice. But practice alone does not make someone a musician or a mathematician. Each one requires the ability to use a certain part of the brain, to be able to see patterns. (In fact math and music use the same part of the brain, I've been told.)
2006-07-01 00:12:13 · answer #4 · answered by just♪wondering 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In certain areas of intelligence. Depending on who you reference there are either 7 or 9 intelligences. Many brilliant mathematicians lack in the other areas of intelligence. For instance Einstein dropped out of school and had social issues. Also since he was involved in the Manhattan Project I question his spiritual intellegence.
2006-07-01 01:48:17 · answer #5 · answered by personaintelligente 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some are, some not. It seems that people can get so caught up in learning that they loose perspective of life as a whole, and of common sense. Solomon spoke of being overly wise in a field of learning. Some mathematicians are very intelligent but many loose perspective.
2006-07-01 03:20:26 · answer #6 · answered by bluecool1986 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mathicians is someone that can answer question about math,
first you have to know the meaning of intelligent.
Intelligent person is a person who has a remarkable brain, i guess...
and yes you need to be intelligent to answer a math question. Whether it is a formal or informal math problem,...
formal means like school test, informal means like when people counting money in the traditional market. But counting money is a habitual action, doesn't need much brain ability.
I guess that's my answer.
2006-07-01 00:17:16 · answer #7 · answered by serkornel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything task that exceeds a certain level of complexity requires intelligence to perform. So any system that can perform tasks of that level of complexity is intelligent.
The problem with this view is specifying that level of complexity, and saying what makes it special -- special enough so that everything below it can be called "unintelligent" and everything about it can be called "intelligent." therefore we can say that the mathematician is intelligent.,.,.,.,
2006-07-01 01:24:01 · answer #8 · answered by rhen_cute_18 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mathicians are intelligent people because they use their heads and think about the math prblem solving to ge tthe right answer so they can build a perfect invention
2006-07-01 02:45:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being a mathematician myself, I can say, yes, we are intelligent, but are we people?
2006-07-01 00:14:06 · answer #10 · answered by the other one 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋