Stefan Banach
Stefan Banach
Stefan Banach; 30 March 1892 – 31 August 1945) was a Polish mathematician who is generally considered one of the world's most important and influential 20th-century mathematicians. He was one of the founders of modern functional analysis, and an original member of the Lwów School of Mathematics. His major work was the 1932 book, Théorie des opérations linéaires, the first monograph on the general theory of functional analysis...
NationalityPolish
ProfessionMathematician
Date of Birth30 March 1892
CountryPoland
Mathematics is as old as Man.
One can imagine that the ultimate mathematician is one who can see analogies between analogies.
A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems; a better mathematician is one who can see analogies between proofs and the best mathematician can notice analogies between theories.
Good mathematicians see analogies. Great mathematicians see analogies between analogies.
I tell you that studying humanities in high school is more important than mathematics - mathematics is too sharp an instrument, no good for kids.
Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit.