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> The last mathematicians considered to have a comprehensive view of the field were Hilbert and Poincaré, over a century ago. Henri Cartan of the Bourbaki had
by m0llusk 2y ago
> The last mathematicians considered to have a comprehensive view of the field were Hilbert and Poincaré, over a century ago.
Henri Cartan of the Bourbaki had not only a more comprehensive view, but a greater scope of the potential of mathematical modeling and description
- coffeeaddict1 2y agoI would also add Grothendieck to that list.
- pathsjs 2y agoGrothendieck did not have a comprehensive view of mathematics, nor he ever claimed to. There are vast swathes of mathematics (e.g. PDE or probability) that never fell under Grothendieck's radar