Re: If von Neumann was #3, who were #1 and #2?



On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 23:54:43 +0000 (UTC), jgamble@xxxxxxxxx (John M. Gamble)
wrote:


Godel might be one of them.

Hmm. The passage reads "of the time", not "of all time." Granted,
the second interpretation might be what he meant, but if it isn't,
we probably need to look for someone who was von Neumann's
contemporary.

Gödel certainly was one them (von Neumann was born in 1903, Gödel in 1906).

Yes, sorry about that, I was thinking of a different mathematician.

Gauss?


F.

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