Whose Honeymoon Story Is Misattributed in Mathematics?

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I remember hearing a story about a mathematician who was legendarily prolific; so much so that he described his honeymoon as being one of the most unproductive times in this life because he only wrote one paper.

I wanted to include this story in my personal statement for grad school applications, but I can't remember for the life of me who the story was about.

My first thought was Erdos, but he was never married, so I guess its not him.

Please help me remember!

 

[Little ant]

my teacher sad, he is Gauss.

 

[Office_Shredder]

http://books.google.com/books?id=Cn...EwAg#v=onepage&q=dickson would often&f=false"

I highly doubt this story originated as a true story based on a mathematician, at which point you might as well just plug in whoever's name you want

 

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http://books.google.com/books?id=Cn...EwAg#v=onepage&q=dickson would often&f=false"

I highly doubt this story originated as a true story based on a mathematician, at which point you might as well just plug in whoever's name you want

Thank you very much! You also solved the mystery of where I read that...that is the book I first learned abstract algebra from! We'll see if the anecdote actually makes it into my personal statement. Figured it was something funny without trying to be too funny.