Top 10 Greatest Mathematicians Alive

Hello everyone, this video is our ranking of the 10 greatest mathematicians alive. We have adjusted this ranking with great care and obsession based on the impact and revolutionary nature of the achievements of these scientists.

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[reineundangewandtemathemat]

I think u should also add Grigory Perelman

[ScienceVideo-zfod]

I think you didn't mention me in that list

[adfr]

I was with jean pierre serre yesterday. He talked about "faisceaux coherent and etale cohomology" in his lecture. We were about 20 people in the room.

[thetops]

Thanks for your comments friends, please note that our ranking does not necessarily include the ten most talented living people in the world in mathematics, but 10 influential people in the field of mathematics. Also, the position of each person in this ranking is determined based on the sum of his scientific background and services to mathematics so far. For example, the fact that Terence Tao is in fifth place does not necessarily mean that he is the fifth most talented person in this group, but only that his total achievements in such a position are comparable to others. His age difference with others shows this great talent. Another point is that problem solving is not the only thing a mathematician should do, it is more important to create a program and paradigm in mathematics. What people like Hilbert or Grotendik and others have done in the past. Grigori Perelman may have more power to solve the problem than Robert Langlands, but Langlands has created a program that engages many mathematicians around the world. Adding the Perelman to this list requires the removal of one of the members of this group, which does not seem to be the right thing to do. Let us all be careful not to be influenced by mass media propaganda in our choices, people like Perelman have received more media attention due to their different lifestyles. While figures such as Pierre Deligne or Jean-Pierre Serre have lived in media silence. This does not mean that they are less important than others. We should not forget that at the age of 26, Jean-Pierre Sir still holds the record for the youngest recipient of the Fields Medal, and Pierre Deligne is the one who has proven the hardest part of André Weil's conjecture.

[BlueHue-thecelestialblue]

Solid list, but I would have liked to see Stepehen Smale, John Tate and Shing-Tung Yau there.

[evangelion]

Ranking mathematicians is as absurd as saying that Milnor is above Kontsevich.

[mu.makbarzadeh]

I love this clip so much! Hope to see much more videos about math on this channel.

[Jon.B.geez.]

If this was filmed in 2014, there would be a top 15, with those 10 worthy mathematicians you named, and Grothendieck as numbers 1 through 5.

Kenneth Ribet, Edward Frenkel, Don Zagier, Richard Stanley, Luc Illusie, Adebisi Agboola, Ken Ono, Cedric Villani,

[tshepisomhlanga]

Perelman, Scholze, and perhaps Villani as well

[robertschlesinger]

Very interesting and worthwhile video.

[denis.i.saveliev]

This list reflects only mainstream of math while there exist other, less popular but not less deep and important areas. In a list reflecting all areas of math, Saharon Shelah definitely would be among three most prominent alive mathematicians. Several other logicians, e.g., Hugh Woodin also would be in the list.

[chungpingkwong]

Does it make a good service to the mathematical community and the general public by ranking mathematicians? Perhaps parents prefer their children being ranked but quite often it harms more than helps. Many years ago the American Mathematical Society considered introducing the class of Fellows to their memberships and polled their existing members. The proposal was turned down by a common voice---the classification destroys rather than enhances the unity of people who love math. On the "technical" side ranking mathematicians also doesn't make good sense. Each mathematician has his/her own role in the development of mathematics; we can't say topology is more important than number theory too. Applying the same reasoning to physicists, how should we order Galileo, Newton, and Einstein except that they were born in different eras of physics?

[guangboxu]

Arguablly, Edward Witten is at least as influential to math as some people in the list.

[venkateshearthian]

Where is my Maths Hero 🤔🤔🤔🙄🙄🙄 Grigory Perelman

[zuzannawisniewska]

From La Ventanilla, Oaxaca, Mexico. Who else watching in 2025 ?

[jeffsmith]

I agree with Serra’s quote if and only if you are not talking only about mathematics.

[rubenvela]

I would be embarrassed if someone best me in mathematics

[ryanchiang]

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anthony thompson...

[fayetteduarte-vpnb]

i think grigori perelman should be no 1, just because he doesnt want to be figurehead