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The pure mathematician is a relatively recent beast though, and most non-graduate students of math (i.e. almost all of them) study mathematics that almost exclu
by chibg10 7y ago
The pure mathematician is a relatively recent beast though, and most non-graduate students of math (i.e. almost all of them) study mathematics that almost exclusively was developed to solve a problem in the physical world.
- hyperpallium 7y agoEuclid was a pure mathematician.
- garmaine 7y agoEuclid used his geometry to solve problems... its practical utility is what made it last for so long.
- salty_biscuits 7y agoAlmost nothing is known about who Euclid was. Might not have even been a single person.
- hyperpallium 7y agoYou might be other things as well, but if you write a textbook on pure mathematics, you are a pure mathematician.