What do YOU think: Is mathematics, still "too much Hilbert and not enough Poincaré"?

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What do YOU think: Is mathematics, still "too much Hilbert and not enough Poincaré"?

2007-08-02 21:02:06 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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Vladimir Arnold was, and is, an effete snob.

Mathematics cannot "still" be something it never was.

That's not to say that Arnold didn't do some good work (including the solution of Hilbert's thirteenth problem in 1957), but denigrating the work done by other mathematicians is low-class.

2007-08-02 21:17:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋

I would agree with that.

Chaos theory > set theory, any day of the week.

2007-08-03 04:12:34 · answer #2 · answered by lithiumdeuteride 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

haha wow dude. you're a loser. why are you name-dropping on yahoo answers?

2007-08-03 04:09:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋