What makes a true mathematician?
What is the difference between someone who is good at math and a mathematician?
2007-12-09 04:33:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
I think somebody who is good at math is already a mathematician. Unlike doctors, there is no licensing for mathematicians and this is a good thing. Mathematics is not a property of some inner circle of people. It is developed by everybody who approaches it
2007-12-09 04:42:21 · answer #1 · answered by Theta40 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A true mathematician is too engrossed with his own work to be wasting time answering math questions here.
Grigori Perelman, upon proving the Poincare Conjecture in 2003 didn't even want to bother picking up the Fields Prize for his work on it. He was too preoccupied.
2007-12-09 13:14:59 · answer #2 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mathematician usually the people who are major in Math or got a degree in Math. Many people, such as engineers, are good in math, but they are not mathematician because doing math is not there occupations.
2007-12-09 12:38:21 · answer #3 · answered by KingTo H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋