[HN Gopher] The Saint of Mathematics
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The Saint of Mathematics
Author : ramesh31
Score : 34 points
Date : 2022-07-05 13:30 UTC (9 hours ago)
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| throwamon wrote:
| TLDR: He did maths for love and declined a prize and never had a
| woman. Mathematicians are more ethical than other people
| blablabla he's a saint.
| de6u99er wrote:
| The mathematitians I know, don't care much about other people
| ;)
| algon33 wrote:
| Perhaps principled fits better?
| yesenadam wrote:
| Well, he could have given Hamilton the million dollars--or half,
| and donated his half to a worthy cause.
| harveywi wrote:
| Or Stefan Banach and Alfred Tarski, who would have doubled the
| money.
| FabHK wrote:
| (In case you didn't catch that fine joke:
|
| "The Banach-Tarski paradox [...] states the following: Given
| a solid ball in three-dimensional space, there exists a
| decomposition of the ball into a finite number of disjoint
| subsets, which can then be put back together in a different
| way to yield two identical copies of the original ball."
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banach-Tarski_paradox )
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| BeetleB wrote:
| I imagine he would find that hypocritical. Not quite the same
| scenario, but I'm reminded of "Thank You For Smoking" where the
| Marlboro Man (Lorne Lutch) is suing the tobacco company:
|
| Lorne Lutch: [in his home] Weren't you on that show?
|
| Nick Naylor: Yeah it was me
|
| Lorne Lutch: You're lucky you made it out of there alive
|
| Nick Naylor: Tobacco used to be all over the television, now
| TV's leading the witch hunt.
|
| Lorne Lutch: Strange business, last year when after I was
| diagnosed I attended the annual stock holder's convention I
| stood up and told them I think they should cut back on their
| advertising you know what your boss said to me? He said "we're
| certainly sorry to hear about your medical problem until we
| know more about your medical history we can't comment further",
| then they tried to pretend I never worked for them, I got the
| pay stubs hell, I was on the damn bill boards I suppose we all
| got to pay the mortgage so you're here to talk me into shutting
| up?
|
| Nick Naylor: Yeah basically, no not "basically" that's exactly
| it
|
| Lorne Lutch: My dignity isn't for sale
|
| Nick Naylor: It's not an offer, it's a gift the taxes have all
| been paid you get to keep it no matter what you do, the idea is
| your guilt will prevent you from bad mouthing us
|
| Lorne Lutch: Are you supposed to be telling me all that?
|
| Nick Naylor: No sir, just apologize give you the money and
| leave
|
| Lorne Lutch: Why are you telling me this?
|
| Nick Naylor: Because this way you'll take the money
|
| Lorne Lutch: Why would I do that?
|
| Nick Naylor: Because you're mad
|
| Lorne Lutch: Damn straight I am
|
| Lorne Lutch: [Referring to the money] what am I going to do
| with it?
|
| Nick Naylor: Donate it, yeah start the Lower Less Cancer
| Foundation
|
| Lorne Lutch: Wait a minute, what about my family?
|
| Nick Naylor: You can't keep the money
|
| Lorne Lutch: Why the hell not?
|
| Nick Naylor: Denounce us and keep the blood money?
|
| Lorne Lutch: I've got to think this over
|
| Nick Naylor: News doesn't work that way you can't denounce us
| next week
|
| Lorne Lutch: I don't suppose I can denounce you for half of it
|
| Nick Naylor: No, you either keep all the money or give it all
| away
| danck wrote:
| "The world, for years, had been waiting for a solution for the
| most difficult problem in mathematics. Termed as the millennium
| problem by the Clay Mathematical Institute, it challenged the
| world's best brains."
|
| This is a bit overly dramatic since there are actually six more
| so called 'millenium problems' to solve. Anyway I enjoyed the
| read and learned something new about this fabulous achievement.
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