Stack Exchange Network

Stack Exchange network consists of 175 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers.

Visit Stack Exchange

  7. current community

    your communities

    more stack exchange communities

    company blog
History of Science and Mathematics Beta
Meta user
Network profile
2,665
reputation
1
6
29

José Carlos Santos

I am a mathematician who works at the University of Porto (Portugal). My PhD, on Representation Theory, was obtained at the Université Paris — Denis Diderot, in 1996.

44
answers
8
questions
~42k
people reached
  • Porto, Portugal
  • fc.up.pt/mp/jcsantos
  • Member for 1 year, 9 months
  • 137 profile views
  • Last seen 4 hours ago

Communities (6)

Top network posts

Top tags (54)

Score 81
Posts 20
Posts % 38
Score 45
Posts 8
Score 38
Posts 4
Score 23
Posts 3
Score 20
Posts 7
Score 17
Posts 4
View all tags →

Top posts (52) All Questions Answers | Votes Newest

21 Has a stereotypical “mad scientist” ever made a significant discovery? Mar 11
20 Examples of when the professional scientists or mathematicians were wrong, but the nonprofessionals were right? Jan 18
12 History of Galois Theory after Galois Oct 3 '17
12 Why did it take an army of physicists, working on a huge complex, so long to produce a working nuclear device, while it seems so easy in theory? Dec 25 '17
10 What are some of the earliest mentions of scientific “cranks”? Jan 31
8 Did Galois make use of the concept of a basis? Dec 8 '18
8 What did Fermat do as a lawyer? Jan 28 '18
7 Which mathematicians died very young or in a tragic way? Sep 16 '17
7 Examples of papers co-authored by parent/child, or siblings Feb 22
7 Why didn't John von Neumann win the Turing Award, Fields Medal or Nobel Prize? Feb 11
View all questions and answers →

Badges (36)

Gold

1

Rarest

Silver

6

Rarest

Bronze

29

Rarest

View all badges →