Functional Analysis

🇫🇷Jean Dieudonné

Mathematics

1906–1992

"A mathematician, then, will be defined in what follows as someone who has published the proof of at least one non-trivial theorem."

🇭🇺Paul Halmos

Mathematics

1916–2006

"I read once that the true mark of a pro — at anything — is that he understands, loves, and is good at even the drudgery of his profession."

🇫🇷Alexander Grothendieck

Mathematics

1928–2014

"The introduction of the digit 0 or the group concept was general nonsense too, and mathematics was more or less stagnating for thousands of years because nobody was around to take such childish steps..."

"What is needed is courage: it is always so much easier to accept what you are being told than to think for yourself."

🇳🇴Niels Henrik Abel

Mathematics

1802–1829

"Biographies and handwritten manuscripts from the Abel Prize website"