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John Von Neumann

John Von Neumann

Naissance 1903 · Décès 1957

John von Neumann (en hongrois : margittai Neumann János Lajos) fut un mathématicien hongrois naturalisé américain qui apporta des contributions majeures à un vaste éventail de domaines, notamment la théorie des ensembles, l'analyse fonctionnelle, la mécanique quantique, la théorie ergodique, la géométrie continue, l'économie et la théorie des jeux, l'informatique, l'analyse numérique, l'hydrodynamique (des explosions) et la statistique, ainsi que de nombreux autres domaines mathématiques. Il est généralement considéré comme l'un des plus grands mathématiciens du XXe siècle.

Citations

  • “The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they mainly make models. By a model is meant a mathematical construct which, with the addition of certain verbal interpretations, describes observed phenomena. The justification of such a mathematical construct is solely and precisely that it is expected to work.”
    p. 157En anglais
  • “With four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk.”
    p. 297En anglais
  • “Young man, in mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.”
    p. 208En anglais
  • “If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.”
    p. 694En anglais
  • “It is just as foolish to complain that people are selfish and treacherous as it is to complain that the magnetic field does not increase unless the electric field has a curl. Both are laws of nature.”
    p. 261En anglais

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Les livres de John Von Neumann dans l'ordre

Les livres de John Von Neumann dans l'ordre de parution, de Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (1932) à John Von Neumann Selected Letters (2005).

  1. 1Mathematical Foundations of Quantum MechanicsMathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics1932
  2. 2Oblique Reflection of ShocksOblique Reflection of Shocks1943
  3. 3Theory of Games and Economic BehaviorTheory of Games and Economic Behavior1944
  4. 4Theory of Games and Economic BehaviourTheory of Games and Economic Behaviour1944
  5. 5First Draft of a Report on the EDVACFirst Draft of a Report on the EDVAC1945
  6. 6Functional OperatorsFunctional Operators1950
  7. 7Functional Operators, Volume 1Functional Operators, Volume 11950
  8. 8Functional Operators, Volume 2Functional Operators, Volume 21950
  9. 9The Computer and the BrainThe Computer and the Brain1958
  10. 10Continuous GeometryContinuous Geometry1960
  11. 11Collected WorksCollected Works1961
  12. 12John Von NeumannJohn Von Neumann1961
  13. 13The Collected Works of John Von NeumannThe Collected Works of John Von Neumann1961
  14. 14Theory of Self-reproducing AutomataTheory of Self-reproducing Automata1966
  15. 15Continuous Geometries with a Transition ProbabilityContinuous Geometries with a Transition Probability1981
  16. 16Papers of John Von Neumann on Computers and Computing TheoryPapers of John Von Neumann on Computers and Computing Theory1986
  17. 17Neumann János És a "Magyar Titkok"Neumann János És a "Magyar Titkok"1987
  18. 18The Neumann CompendiumThe Neumann Compendium1995
  19. 19L'ordinateur et le cerveau suivi deL'ordinateur et le cerveau suivi de1997
  20. 20Invariant MeasuresInvariant Measures1999
  21. 21John Von Neumann Selected LettersJohn Von Neumann Selected Letters2005
  22. 22John Von Neumann PapersJohn Von Neumann Papers
  23. 23Lectures on Probabilistic Logics and the Synthesis of ReliabLectures on Probabilistic Logics and the Synthesis of Reliable Organisms from Unreliable Components

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