David Hilbert vs. Richard Hamming
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
David Hilbert
1862 – 1943
David Hilbert was a German mathematician and philosopher of mathematics and one of the most influential mathematicians of his time.
"If we do not succeed in solving a mathematical problem, the reason frequently consists in our failure to recognize the more general standpoint from which the pr…"
Richard Hamming
1915 – 1998
Richard Wesley Hamming was an American mathematician whose work had many implications for computer engineering and telecommunications. His contributions include the Hamming code, the Hamming window, Hamming numbers, sphere-packing, Hamming graph concepts, and the Hamming distance.
"A central problem in teaching mathematics is to communicate a reasonable sense of taste—meaning often when to, or not to, generalize, abstract, or extend someth…"
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