Generalized Geography - Topic: Mathematicians

[Gary]

Norbert Wiener

[bmonk]

Arnold Ephraim Ross, founder of the Ross Mathematics Program. And 17 cheers to him!

[Gary]

James Joseph Sylvester, Anglo-American mathematician often associated with Arthur Cayley as the "invariant twins".

[bmonk]

Richard of Wallingford, a medieval mathematician. (You can also use Richard of Wallingford, if you'd rather start with "d". )

[Gary]

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carrol he's not of particular note in math.

[bmonk]

John Forbes Nash, Jr., who investigated games rather than playing logic games.

[Gary]

William Rowan Hamilton

[bmonk]

John von Neumann

[Gary]

Edward Nelson

[bmonk]

Nicomedes, who discovered the conchoid. (He also discovered how to get away from another "N"!)

[Gary]

Ramanujan's initial is "S". But that would bring us back to "N", so I'm disinclined to submit him.

[Gary]

Wacław Sierpiński

[bmonk]

Georges Ifrah

[Gary]

David Hilbert

[Gary]

The list so far:

Carl Gauss
[Sir Issac Newton] > Srinivasa Ramanujan
Niels Abel
Leonardo Fibonacci
Ibn Tahir al-Baghdadi
(Issac Newton)
Nikolay Bogolyubov
Vadym Adamyan
Nicholas of Cusa
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
Yasumasa Kanada
Archimedes
Thomas Simpson
Napier
Riemann
Emmy Noether
Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan
Norbert Wiener
Arnold Ephraim Ross
James Joseph Sylvester
Richard of Wallingford
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
John Forbes Nash, Jr
William Rowan Hamilton
John von Neumann
Edward Nelson
Nicodemes
[S Ramanujan] > Wacław Sierpiński
Georges Ifrah
David Hilbert

Note that Ramanujan has been submitted three (3) times two of which counted. . Mike, do the forum controls give any way to maintain a quick reference look-up for the list?

[bmonk]

Note that Ramanujan has been submitted three (3) times two of which counted. . Mike, do the forum contriols give any way to maintain a quick reference look-up for the list?

Of course, I'm one of those three types of mathematicians, those who count, and those who don't.