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A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. In other words, a mathematician is a person who contributes to the field of mathematics. People who apply mathematics to other fields, but do not contribute directly to mathematics, are generally not considered mathematicians.
Overview
Unlike the other sciences, fundamental research in much of mathematics does not consist of performing experiments. Rather, mathematics is about problem-solving, where truths are deduced from other known truths. Computer experiments and other numerical evidence can result in new problems and are sometimes used to solve them, though most of the time they are just used as indicators that the work is on the right track - numerical evidence is not proof to a mathematician. In the end mathematics research is about constructing proofs of theorems, and most journals would reject a paper consisting solely of numerical data. Some outstanding open problems in mathematics, such as the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, developed after analyzing numerical work on a computer.
Not only is calculation not a big part of some areas of mathematics research, but people who have had an important influence on mathematics do not necessarily have any extraordinary ability in adding or multiplying numbers. For instance, Albert Einstein, whose ideas had a significant impact in geometry, had great difficulties with mathematics when he was a youth. See mental calculators to read about prodigies performing impressive mental calculations.
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@mkinyon mathematicians are second after lawyers to be dismissed. Neither side wants someone rational in the box.
DrMathochist (John Armstrong) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:48:07 -0000
@mkinyon mathematicians are second after lawyers to be dismissed. Neither side wants someone rational in the box.
Wow dosen gw ikut International Congress of Mathematicians di Madrid. Pak, kongres berikutnya ikut dong! Jd yg ngangkat koper jg gpp deh.
catlover84 (Panji Widiarda) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:32:26 -0000
Wow dosen gw ikut International Congress of Mathematicians di Madrid. Pak, kongres berikutnya ikut dong! Jd yg ngangkat koper jg gpp deh.
mathematicians discover bros are greater than OR EQUAL TO hos. Entire man code thrown into question
DoktorSIN (Santosh) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:04:12 -0000
mathematicians discover bros are greater than OR EQUAL TO hos. Entire man code thrown into question
@ryanmr Oh, no, that's not surprising at all. Try having lunch with a table full of professional mathematicians sometime,...
nightmathradio (Doc Bearded) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:28:38 -0000
@ryanmr Oh, no, that's not surprising at all. Try having lunch with a table full of professional mathematicians sometime,...
#Mahmoud Vahidnia. 2 words, 1 name, 0 doubt. Persian mathematicians fucking rock. May Allah bless and protect him from harm. #al-KhwÄrizmÄ«
mentat_enki (Scott Ziegler) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:10:52 -0000
#Mahmoud Vahidnia. 2 words, 1 name, 0 doubt. Persian mathematicians fucking rock. May Allah bless and protect him from harm. #al-Khwārizmī
and the converse, too ..... RT @mathematicsprof: Math Quote: You can tell a lot about a country by the mathematicians it produces.
markfuccio (markfuccio) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:01:15 -0000
and the converse, too ..... RT @mathematicsprof: Math Quote: You can tell a lot about a country by the mathematicians it produces.
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