/sci/ - Science & Math

>>10186494
>what did gauss do
Leave

>>10186507
what did he do that was so great?

i mean i would venture to guess many would put Benjamin Banneker above him. he was a self taught black man during the time of slavery

>>10186519
>Benjamin Banneker
Never heard of him but that's neat. Gauss
>defined curvature, leading to differential geometry
>basically invented statistics
>stated divergence theorem, a fundamental result in vector analysis
>made multiple non trivial contributuons to electromagnetism

>>10186528
You forgot number theory and matrix algebra.
Honestly, Gauss didn't really do that much amazing stuff, but a lot that he did do is used a lot.

>>10186494

Fuck off OP

is he the GOAT?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Friedrich_Gauss

>>10186532
He did a lot of amazing stuff.

Couldn't even count to 100

>>10186494
>talking shit about Papa Gauss

nigger, is you serious?

>>10187239

>>10186494
Meh. He stole all his results from Riemann.

>>10186519
Banneker was great, given his background. But he wasn't *excellent* in the way of leaving a legacy for all of humanity. We can never know whether Banneker would have been truly excellent had he received a proper education from an early age. But we do know that Gauss was excellent. Thus, no contest, Gauss wins.

>>10188493
are you saying Banneker's accomplishments don't rival Gauss's

>>10187613
is this true?

>>10186494
The margin of this thread is to narrow to mention all his accomplishments.

But, he was the first to prove quadratic reciprocity.
He gave 7 different proofs for it
some of which used a version of galois theory
Before galois had invented galois theory.

>>10189224
Yes

>>10186494
>gave a definition of curvature as a result of his work in cartography
>proved the Theorema Egregium
>proved the fundamental theorem of algebra, twice
>proved the quadratic reciprocity theorem, several times
>characterized the regular polygons constructible with straight edge and compass
>studied binary quadratic forms in depth: criteria for numbers being represented by given quadratic forms, criteria for equivalence of quadratic forms, computation of many class numbers, etc.
>gave a precise method for computing the trajectory of Ceres

>>10186494
Central Limit Theorem
Matrices
Bell Curve

>>10186494
Whenever you go deep into any discipline in Math his name will pop out several times on a Formula or a Theorem or an Entire field.

>>10189895
This. This dude is everywhere.

>>10187239
>>10187301
brainlet here, could someone explain this joke or meme, I really dont get it.

>>10190364
http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/qq/database/qq.02.06/jo1.html

His impact is difficult to understand. He was a beast.

>>10190382
oh that was cool, thanks

>>10186494
Yeah

>>10186519
>Benjamin Banneker
>t. nigger

>>10186519
>This guy hasta be great because he was a nigger!
I'll get called racist for using a word. You'll get called anti-racist even though you decide who's "cool" and who isn't based on their skin color.

>>10189228
>is this true?
It is. All Gauss ever invented was a time machine. He then used it to steal ideas from the future and claim them as his own.

>>10189224
>Can't tell when the delusional libtards are blowing smoke up my ass to inflate my impression of nonwhites whose accomplishments are trivial at best.

Underrated*

>>10190794
how is Banneker's achievements trivial

he was an astronomer, he made astronomical calculations, he wrote almanacs, surveyor etc.?

his almanac is a singular achievement on the level of Newton's Principia

he's the GOAT

>>10186494
Take almost any course in Mathematics and you will see his name pop up. He did fucking everything.

>>10192292
Banneker created an almanac that changed the world on the level of the Principia

>>10192334
>Banneker
Never heard of the guy until you mentioned him, if he did change the world, he didn't do it in the world of mathematics.

>>10192360
its ok, white people have always been jealous of the accomplishments of black people

we created the pyramids... the egyptians understood advanced physics why whites were in caves in the caucus mountains

>>10192365
>we wuz kangs
kek

>>10186519
>i mean i would venture to guess many would put Benjamin Banneker above him
That wouldn't happen because nobody knows who the fuck Benjamen Banneker is.

>>10190885
>his almanac is a singular achievement on the level of Newton's Principia
>>10192334
>Banneker created an almanac that changed the world on the level of the Principia
Neither of these statements are true

>>10192444
How are they not true?

>>10192334
No he didn't you fucking idiot.
>>10190885
>his almanac is a singular achievement on the level of Newton's Principia
Ok we get it. You want to be proud of your race but you have no one truly notable black scientist to look up to, so you choose him and try to put him on the same level as Newton. Dumbass.

>>10192482
https://transcription.si.edu/project/8045

"This 1793 edition of Benjamin Banneker's Almanack and Ephemeris features an annual calendar, statistical information, phases of the moon, astronomical data, and tide tables. Banneker's almanacs were unique because they featured social commentary and politically oriented literature. Some writings from this almanac include "A Plan of a Peace-Office, for the United States," "Extracts from the Debates in the Last Session of the British Parliament, Apr. 1792," "Extract from Jefferson's Notes on Virginia," and "Extract from Wilkinson's Appeal to England on Behalf of the Abused Africans." Please click "READ MORE" below for instructions for transcribing the tables in the almanac."

>>10192522
That's pretty goddamn impressive. Banneker sounds like an absolute badass. But saying his almanac is on the same level as Principia is absurd. Anybody who insists they are comparible either
>is ignorant of just how revolutionary principia was
>has an agenda

>>10192557
Was it revolutionary I read somewhere that newton wasn’t well known until the 1950:’s? Einstein didn’t even know if him

look, Banneker was a smart guy, exceptional even regarding the circumstances of his life and climate of the time.

but comparing him to Gauss, who many would argue is the greatest mathematician of all time is laughable

let alone comparing him to Newton who Gauss viewed exclusively as "summus"

>>10192580
Where did you read that garbage?

>>10192580
The first part of what you said is absolutely untrue. The second part is irrelevant, seeing as Einstein used physics developed by Newton.

>>10192604
How was Principia revolutionary?

>>10186494
He wrote 'Disquisitiones Arithmeticae' -- arguably the most influential book on number theory -- at the age of 21. Furthermore, he conjectured the prime number theorem when he was only 15. He did a lot more than just number theory. For example, I have a tattoo of his ruler and compass construction of the 17-gon, which he discovered at 19 years of age. I am proud to commemorate this man until my body rots.

>>10192902
Not only did it extensively feature applications of calculus and differential equations, which were new things at the time, it was basically the first physics textbook ever. Advances in physics had been pretty sparse up to that point. Principia
>first stated newton's laws
>stated newton's law of gravity
>single-handedly created mechanical studies
>contains the first real study of kinematics and dynamics

Principia set the stage for all subsequent physics to come. Seriously, nothing discovered before Newton matters when it comes to physics.

>>10192580
>well known until the 1950
You're probably thinking of how Hilbert never took a class in physics until his physics friend died

Yeah. I've been studying the Torah (for math related codes). I read the first three books recently, I now I'm starting reading the fourth book: Numbers. Now I wonder if the Levites were the ones in charge of writing down the scrolls. I think in Exodus, after the Israelites fully came out of Egypt, they wrote everything down. "Leviticus" and now Numbers come chronologically after all the part from before Egypt. I see my own Hebrew name Gershon as the first son of Levi, and I see in Numbers there's a lot of "Do what the Levites tell you. I am the Lord," and. "Make sure to give money to the Levites. I am the Lord," it reminded me of the way other people use my name on this website.

Just like it says "don't drink blood" it says even more strongly "don't misuse my name."

>>10193076
But doesn’t Newton’s radical religious beliefs and support of alchemy discredit some of his intellectual achievements?

>>10193150
No

>>10193154
Newton believed in some weird shit

>>10193150
Intellectual achievements can't be discredited unless they aren't actually achievements or the credit is misplaced. The greatness of Newton's character can certainly be placed in doubt, but in the maths and sciences his personal character is never the focal point of any discussion anyways.

the Principia is probably the single greatest scientific work ever created

but i thought it didn't really contain calculus, I thought Newton wrote everything in geometry?

This person is obviously a troll why are you entertaining him/her

>>10193609
whose a troll?

>>10186494
Yes.

>>10186494
Yes.

is gauss greater than neil degrasse tysdon

>>10186532
>matrix algebra.

Just so you know, he didn't invent row reduction.

>>10186494
Gauss is one of the smartest men to have ever lived, along with the likes of John von Neumann.

>>10193655
>muh coordinates
>muh shitty autist philosophy
>me so smart
No.