2018-11-04T13:50:35-08:00 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1094/timeline-of-mathematics-what-sould-be-contained/?Focus=15300#Comment_15300 2011-07-29T21:20:48-07:00 2018-11-04T13:50:35-08:00 sisn http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/549/

yeah I did that- (but only after I read the etiquette section- by that time I had already added Eilenberg-MacLane-Axioms, Eilenberg-Steenrod-Axioms, and GRR).I wrote a comment proposing some changes, ...

I wrote a comment proposing some changes, and will check back on any feedback in a week or two... (by that time I hope to have worked out a blogpost on this)
Thanks for your help.]]> http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1094/timeline-of-mathematics-what-sould-be-contained/?Focus=15293#Comment_15293 2011-07-29T12:41:31-07:00 2018-11-04T13:50:35-08:00 Ryan Budney http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/107/

Usually when changing a Wikipedia article, you put your suggestions on the "discussion" page first, and wait for feedback. If there's no objections after a while (a ...

You may also want to look at the revision history of the article. If there are only a few contributors, you can leave comments on their user-page, directing their attention to your comments on the discussion page.]]> http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1094/timeline-of-mathematics-what-sould-be-contained/?Focus=15292#Comment_15292 2011-07-29T01:15:18-07:00 2018-11-04T13:50:35-08:00 sisn http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/549/

Thanks for your suggestion- I think I will write a blog post about this topic in the next days.And maybe change the wikipedia article a bit, after that. Thanks!Simon

I think I will write a blog post about this topic in the next days.
And maybe change the wikipedia article a bit, after that. Thanks!
Simon]]> http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1094/timeline-of-mathematics-what-sould-be-contained/?Focus=15289#Comment_15289 2011-07-28T21:38:30-07:00 2018-11-04T13:50:35-08:00 Ryan Budney http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/107/

I also think it's best to contribute to the Wikipedia article rather than post such a thread on MO. If you'd like to draw attention to the Wikipedia article, you could add a comment to that effect ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mathematics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pages_needing_attention/Mathematics

You could also blog about the topic.]]> http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1094/timeline-of-mathematics-what-sould-be-contained/?Focus=15288#Comment_15288 2011-07-28T21:23:17-07:00 2018-11-04T13:50:35-08:00 sisn http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/549/

Yeah I figured that- that's why I asked first, Yeah I know that I could change the wikpedia timeline, but the idea of the question was more to find a "minimal list" agreed by a ...

Yeah I know that I could change the wikpedia timeline, but the idea of the question was more to find a "minimal list" agreed by a number of mathematicans
(because I surely won't dare to claim to know what belongs /does not belong to a timeline of mathematics, just that the one given on wikipedia feels very inadequate]]> http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1094/timeline-of-mathematics-what-sould-be-contained/?Focus=15287#Comment_15287 2011-07-28T21:11:16-07:00 2018-11-04T13:50:35-08:00 Will Jagy http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/208/

It comes under the heading of subjective and argumentative. If you are unhappy with the wikipedia timeline you may register there and put in a few edits yourself.

http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1094/timeline-of-mathematics-what-sould-be-contained/?Focus=15286#Comment_15286 2011-07-28T20:54:16-07:00 2018-11-04T13:50:35-08:00 sisn http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/549/

Does anyone know a good timeline of mathematics? Is this question acceptable? Maybe as a community wiki, so that a common ground on what should/should not be in a timeline can be found.This question ...

Is this question acceptable? Maybe as a community wiki, so that a common ground on what should/should not be in a timeline can be found.
This question is much inspired by the timeline of mathematics on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_mathematics
which I think is well pretty lets call it "special".
No mention of Poincare (or topology), no mention of MacLane/Eilenberg or Cathegories and no mention of Grothendieck at all.
Curiously it mentiones Connes NCG (which I think of course belongs, but without mentioning Grothendieck it is pretty strange.)
Insteed it has two entries about Lotfi Zadeh's Fuzzy Sts/Fuzzy Logic (Which might be important- I don't know the first thing about it, but surely not more important than Poincare's Topology or Grothendieck remake of the AG Foundations.)-
So in short I wondered weather It's possible to find an agreed minimal list which should constitute a timeline of mathematics.
Do you think that this question is appropriate for mathoverflow?]]>