Timeline for How would a mathematician compare to a scholar in Ancient Greece?
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| Mar 25, 2017 at 12:35 | comment | added | papidave | It's okay to mention irrational numbers around Pythagoras, as long as you have access to a bean field. | |
| Sep 26, 2016 at 18:01 | comment | added | Deolater | @Taladris some would see the traveler as a fool, but infinite sets do interesting things like resolve Zeno's paradoxes. The key is whether the traveler could get enough attention for thoughtful people to listen in the first place. | |
| Sep 26, 2016 at 15:27 | comment | added | Taladris | If the legend is true, it is better for our hero to not mention irrational numbers to Pythagoras. Also, infinite sets was a big piece to swallow for Cantor's fellow mathematicians. It is likely that the Greek scholars would look at our time traveler as a fool. | |
| Aug 11, 2016 at 4:48 | vote | accept | King of Snakes | ||
| Aug 10, 2016 at 9:28 | history | answered | Durakken | CC BY-SA 3.0 |