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The greatest mathematician of modern times is Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855). He is also known as "Prince of Mathematicians", "greatest mathematician since antiquity" and "German Archimedes".
According to Felix Klein, greatest mathematician of the nineteen century, "if we seek heroes of roughly equal stature in the history of our science, only two forerunners of Gauss can be considered to have been equally blessed by nature: Archimedes and Newton" (in "Development of Mathematics in the 19th Century", page 55).
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Who is the best mathematician of all time?
Karl F. Gauss is generally regarded as the best pure mathematician.
Was Copernicus a mathematician?
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Who is the best mathematician in the world?
Prof. Shigefumi Mori in RIMS, Japan.
What famous mathematician was born on march 14th?
Polish mathematician Waclaw Sierpinski was born on March 14th in 1882. Sierpinski is best known for his contributions to number theory, set theory, theory of functions, and topology.
What did the mathematician Julia Robinson do for math?
Julia Hall Bowman Robinson (December 8, 1919 - July 30, 1985) was an American mathematician best known for her work on decision problems and Hilbert's Tenth Problem.
