Who was the best father son math team?

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Gauss and his father.
 
  • #3
Wouldn't the Bernoullis be there somewhere?
 
  • #4
I couldn't find a reference to support the OP's post.

For Gauss, his father was a bricklayer not a mathematician:

http://www.math.wichita.edu/history/men/gauss.html
 
  • #5
This was a joke making the rounds at Harvard around 1975... As the story was told, some poor fool of a grad student tried it in front of Garrett Birkhoff.
 
  • #6
I figured it was but wanted the OP to elaborate what he/she was thinking.
 
  • #7
I think it's a trick question. Math isn't a team sport.
 

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