Who is your Favorite Fictional Mathematician?

[BenVitale]

Who is your Favorite Fictional Mathematician?

http://polldaddy.com/poll/3141175/

(1) Will Hunting(Good Will Hunting)
(2) Charlie Eppes (Numb3rs)
(3) Dr Ian Malcom (Jurassic Park)
(4) The Calculator (Comic Book Villain)
(5) The Riddler/Edward Nigma (Batman)
(6) Raymond Babbit (Rain Man)
(7) Professor Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes)
(8) Professor Calculus (Tintin)
(9) Jack Bristow (Alias)
(10) Le Chiffre (Casino Royale)
(11) Dexter (Dexter’s Lab)
(12) Zane Donovan (Eureka)
(13) Eddie Lawson (Waterloo Road)
(14) Trillian Astra (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)
(15) Other

My favorite is Charlie Eppes (Numb3rs), what's yours?

 

[Mu naught]

The fictional John Nash in a beautiful mind. yes people will hate me.

 

[waht]

Gwyneth Paltrow from Proof, she's not only hot but also solved Riemann's hypothesis.

 

[magpies]

That brings up a good question did they have any in star trek? Or did computers solve all math problems by that time?

Hurm... Ya I'll go with data from star trek. The rest of the crew would be like we'll never figure out that "math" problem in time and he just spouts out the answer :)

 

[Pinu7]

The fictional John Nash in a beautiful mind. yes people will hate me.

Wouldn't "fictional mathematicians" describe pure mathematicians as opposed to applied ones?

 

[magpies]

If that's the case his whole list is out the window..

 

[diazona]

arrrgh, I voted for Charlie before I saw that you had Zane on that list Although to be fair, Zane is a theoretical physicist and computer programmer/hacker, not really a mathematician.

 

[Mu naught]

Wouldn't "fictional mathematicians" describe pure mathematicians as opposed to applied ones?

Yet you don't have a problem with a cartoon character who has a secret lab in his parents house?

[PLAIN]http://raoworld.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/facepalm.jpg

 

[sentient 6]

hmmm I guess I'd have to go with charlie

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

Trillian.

 

[magpies]

Should I try to read the book or watch the movie? I haven't yet sadly :(

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

Should I try to read the book or watch the movie? I haven't yet sadly :(

Hitchhikers Guide? It is really quite good. If you like Monty Python figure Hitchhikers Guide as being much like if they had done sci fi. Douglas Adams (the author of the series) was actually a member of Monty Python for a while. The movie certainly was not nearly as good but that is just a normal expectation, it was fairly good in its own right I think.

 

[haael]

And where's HAL from Space Odyssey?

 

[Chi Meson]

Cuthbert Calculus (number 8) was more of a scientist/inventor. I suppose he had to use math when designing his shark-submarine, but seriously...

...what's with this poll? :sardonic: