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There is a myth, that Einstein was so bad at math that he failed math. There is also a quip by mathematicians and physicists that he just wasn't that good at m
by ecshafer 4y ago
There is a myth, that Einstein was so bad at math that he failed math.
There is also a quip by mathematicians and physicists that he just wasn't that good at math. I heard this a few times in undergrad physics, and the proof was typically that while he had good insight, his field equations for GR, Einstein said were neigh impossible to solve, but Schwarzchild and a few others almost instantly had solutions. Einstein was really good at math with regards to normal people, but when you compare with great mathematicians and physicists (Gauss, Euler, Von Neumann, etc), he was probably on the lower end.