Other then the educational requirements, what are the personal characteristics of a mathematician?
2007-11-27 16:21:51 · 10 answers · asked by jane 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
HA! as a math major, i can tell you!
we are incredibly smart, reasonably creative, usually wearing glasses.
lol, nice question!
2007-11-27 16:25:10 · answer #1 · answered by sirnitros 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think to be a mathematician you have to be a perfectionist. You have to want to know every math problem as exact as possible. It's not enough to only know the first 100 decimal places of pi. I think to be a mathematician you need to have a drive to find and solve new problems. Things like the Riemann hypothesis have to fascinate you to a point where you can spend hour, days, even weeks trying to solve it. Even thought the greatest minds of the last century couldn't solve it. To be a mathematician you have to have a very logical and very creative mind. Solving problems is all about using logical reasoning in creative ways. Mathematicians will be good problem solves in everything not just math because of their mind set.
(Devoted Mathematician for 25 years)
2007-11-28 00:46:34 · answer #2 · answered by Arin 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can't generalize... I know all types of mathematicians. The math team at my school shows incredible diversity (personality-wise).
2007-11-28 00:24:57 · answer #3 · answered by SaintPretz59 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mathematicians know that math is not just simply numbers... Its way more complex... Math is proving and theorems... not manipulating numbers... mathematicians know that... they are into things such as topology and geometric interpretations in the nth dimension...
2007-11-28 00:26:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Someone who is really good with numbers and can use it to explain things such as phenomenon or probability.
2007-11-28 00:25:30 · answer #5 · answered by Selym 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Larry King's buckles and Drew Carrey's eye-glasses.
LOLL
2007-11-28 00:24:06 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Loves math, good at it, and it doing it for a specific purpose, degree or no degree!!
2007-11-28 00:24:25 · answer #7 · answered by Lolliebums 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are critical thinkers and like solving stuff, (even if it is not mathematics)
2007-11-28 00:24:54 · answer #8 · answered by Ash_Jx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Arin and Kelly said it all...I concur with their comments.
2007-11-28 10:16:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well whoever is, can yall please go look at my page and answer my cal problems!!!
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2007-11-28 00:24:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋