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wu :: forums    riddles    general problem-solving / chatting / whatever (Moderators: towr, SMQ, Eigenray, Icarus, ThudnBlunder, Grimbal, william wu)    The Mathematics Genealogy Project « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: The Mathematics Genealogy Project  (Read 791 times) william wu wu::riddles Administrator     Gender: Posts: 1291 The Mathematics Genealogy Project   « on: Sep 6th, 2003, 5:33am » Quote Modify http://genealogy.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/html/search.phtml is a cool site. It's a searchable database of teacher-student relationships in mathematics dating all the way back to who knows. It's interesting to see who were the students and teachers of various famous people, and also perhaps to look up anyone you may know (e.g. teachers).   Here are some root names with insanely impressive descendant trees that you might like to look up: jacob bernoulli, alonzo church   Some cool short relationships I found: (karp[to]motwani[to]karger), (chebyshev[to]markov), (elias[to]gallager[to]berlekamp)   Feel free to post any other interesting relationships you discover. « Last Edit: Oct 29th, 2003, 2:45am by william wu » IP Logged [ wu ] : http://wuriddles.com / http://forums.wuriddles.com BNC Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 1732 Re: The Mathematics Genealogy Project   « Reply #1 on: Sep 7th, 2003, 3:53am » Quote Modify Bernoulli -> Bernoulli -> Euler -> Lagrange -> Fourier -> Dirichlet -> Kronecker     IP Logged How about supercalifragilisticexpialidociouspuzzler [Towr, 2007] ThudnBlunder wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler The dewdrop slides into the shining Sea     Gender: Posts: 4489 Re: The Mathematics Genealogy Project   « Reply #2 on: Oct 11th, 2003, 9:15am » Quote Modify Quote: Feel free to post any other interesting relationships you discover. Icarus being too modest to post himself....   Jacob Bernoulli -> Johann Bernoulli -> Leonhard Euler -> Joseph Lagrange -> Simeon Poisson -> Michel Chasles -> H. A. Newton -> E. H. Moore -> Oswald Veblen -> Tracy Thomas -> Carl Allendoerfer -> Shoshichi Kobayashi -> Francis Flaherty -> Phillip Parker -> Icarus   « Last Edit: Oct 11th, 2003, 6:58pm by Icarus » IP Logged THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.....................................................................er, if that's all right with the rest of you. Icarus wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Boldly going where even angels fear to tread.     Gender: Posts: 4863 Re: The Mathematics Genealogy Project   « Reply #3 on: Oct 11th, 2003, 10:01pm » Quote Modify That was cool! When I first saw this thread I didn't have time to investigate. Later I forgot about it. I would of never guessed my "ancestoral line" had such greats as the Bernoullis, Euler, Lagrange and Poisson (though I suppose any such "geneology" must eventually lead back to the great names). Alas, what a dead end has come of their teachings!   I am also a little leary of investigating geneologies since I discovered a few years ago that my own supposedly includes J.C. Himself (well - thats what my ancestors 700-800 years ago claimed ).   [By the way, the mod on your post was to correct the spelling on my advisor Dr. Parker's name.] IP Logged "Pi goes on and on and on ... And e is just as cursed. I wonder: Which is larger When their digits are reversed? " - Anonymous william wu wu::riddles Administrator     Gender: Posts: 1291 Re: The Mathematics Genealogy Project   « Reply #4 on: Oct 12th, 2003, 3:30am » Quote Modify Haha! Wow. Icarus has an Euler number of 12! No wonder he's so frickin smart ...     Although there are 6138 Euler "descendants" listed, the total number of records is 70919. That warrants bragging rights in my book « Last Edit: Oct 17th, 2003, 2:51pm by william wu » IP Logged [ wu ] : http://wuriddles.com / http://forums.wuriddles.com william wu wu::riddles Administrator     Gender: Posts: 1291 Re: The Mathematics Genealogy Project   « Reply #5 on: Feb 19th, 2004, 10:42pm » Quote Modify Johannes Frischauf -> Gustav Ritter von Escherich -> Hans Hahn -> Karl Menger -> Witold Hurewicz -> Allen Shields -> Theodore John Kaczynski     Only ancestral member I recognized was Menger, from Menger Sponges: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/MengerSponge.html « Last Edit: Feb 19th, 2004, 10:42pm by william wu » IP Logged [ wu ] : http://wuriddles.com / http://forums.wuriddles.com John_Gaughan Uberpuzzler Behold, the power of cheese!     Gender: Posts: 767 Re: The Mathematics Genealogy Project   « Reply #6 on: Feb 20th, 2004, 5:45am » Quote Modify on Feb 19th, 2004, 10:42pm, william wu wrote: Johannes Frischauf -> Gustav Ritter von Escherich -> Hans Hahn -> Karl Menger -> Witold Hurewicz -> Allen Shields -> Theodore John Kaczynski So there is a link between brilliance and insanity... IP Logged x = (0x2B | ~0x2B) x == the_question ThudnBlunder wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler The dewdrop slides into the shining Sea     Gender: Posts: 4489 Re: The Mathematics Genealogy Project   « Reply #7 on: May 23rd, 2004, 5:32pm » Quote Modify The link given by William no longer works.   But this does. IP Logged THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.....................................................................er, if that's all right with the rest of you. Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------  - easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ => general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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