What makes someone a great mathematician?

drake · Jul 1, 2014

The question is that, what are the differences between a great mathematician and an ordinary mathematician? Have a nice day.

Matterwave · Jul 1, 2014

According to Micro: "Whether you have an unsolved math problem named after you".

sunny79 · Jul 1, 2014

drake · Jul 2, 2014

Thanks sunny :) It looks nice. I will check it out when I get a chance, today.

Math10 · Nov 2, 2014

A passion for solving unsolved math problems.

drake · Nov 3, 2014

It seems like I lost my passion about math, how can I solve this problem?

symbolipoint · Nov 3, 2014

What does "great" mean? Is this fame or is this popularity? Is it instead, the strongest competence? How is it measured?

drake · Nov 5, 2014

I meant a mathematician whose influence on a subject is noticable.

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