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8921806 No.8921806 [Reply] [Original]

How great would have been if he had lived past 20? Would have been on the level of Euler?

>> No.8921830

If Galois survived his duel...
If Ramanujan hadn't been born Indian...
If Nash didn't become a schizo...
If Kaczynski didn't sign up for that Harvard experiment...

Math is full of tragic what-ifs.

>> No.8921865

no but abel would have been

>> No.8921874

>>8921806
probably, or worse

>> No.8921878

>>8921806
Well his life was pretty shit so probably not.

>> No.8921909

>>8921830
If Grothendieck wasn't so against the military funding his workplace
If Mumford didn't start researching computer vision
If von Neumann didn't work on bombs he knew would give him cancer
If Teichmuller wasn't a Nazi
If Sylow wasn't a high school teacher
If Voevodsky didn't fall for the type theory meme

>> No.8921928

>>8921806
>>8921874
>>8921878
No one even glanced at his work, either it was lost in transit or no one cared. That's why he threw his life away. He thought he was a failure at the time. It was only much later that his work was looked up and given credit. If he had survived the duel he still wouldn't have done much. Why would he continue to do math? He already had his greatest work turned away. He'd probably just live like a normal person and give up on math.

>> No.8921961

do you guys think perelman still does math?

>> No.8921965

>>8921806
The memes have gotten to me. For a moment there, I thought I was staring at an image of Elliot Rodger.

>> No.8921992

>>8921965
It's okay, everyone does.

>> No.8922408

>>8921961
>implying perelman was spared
Clueless prole detected

>> No.8922418

>>8921928
This is unfortunately true.

>> No.8922629

>>8921961
Perelman has probably solved every Millennium Prize Problem and more and is keeping it secret until after he dies.

>> No.8922893

>>8921806
this isn't eliot rodger fuck you faggot

>> No.8922923
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8922923

>>8921965
>>8921806
>>8922893

>> No.8922927

>>8922923
people who look like this are bound to not live past 20, sad.
rip elliot you were a genius and we miss you

>> No.8922947

>>8922923
holy shit

>> No.8922957

>>8922418
No, it isn't.

>> No.8922961

of all the words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these:
"it might've been."

>> No.8922963

>>8922961
FUCK you're making me cry.

I MISS YOU SO MUCH ELLIOT IF ONLY THERE WAS A WAY TO BRING YOU BACK, I'D DO IT. I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU ALWAYS IN MY HEART

>> No.8923081

>>8921928
>he still wouldn't have done much
kek

What other he could have done than continue on mathematics and making his claims and logical continuum more clear?

It's a hypothetical question but in all normal circumstances, even though his death and the misery took place in times of second French revolution, there wouldn't be much else to work on for him. He even had Poisson to recommend to make his notions more clear and understandable. Even though his work was undervalued at the time he would still continue doing the math scripts, just like a prostitute doesn't give fuck if someone tell her that she's a whore but continues the paid intercourse.

>> No.8923088

>>8923081
mathematicians are disgusting

>> No.8923124

>>8921909
>If Voevodsky didn't fall for the type theory meme
bruv hott is gonna be huge when it takes off

>> No.8923201

Galois died like a supreme gentleman, dueling for the girl he loved.

>> No.8923207

>>8923201
you mean rodger

>> No.8923871

>>8922923
Holy shit the Elliot Rodger cult is going to have a field day when they see this

>> No.8924127

>>8921830
Let's add to that
>if I was smart