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In historical times, Greek civilization has played one of the major roles in the history and development of Greek mathematics. To this day, a number of Greek mathematicians are considered for their innovations and influence on mathematics.

Ancient Greek mathematicians

Byzantine mathematicians

Modern Greek mathematicians

Leonidas Alaoglu (1914–1981) - Known for Banach- Alaoglu theorem.^[9]
Charalambos D. Aliprantis (1946–2009) - Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the journals Economic Theory as well as Annals of Finance.^[10]
Roger Apéry (1916–1994) - Professor of mathematics and mechanics at the University of Caen Proved the irrationality of zeta(3).^[11]
Tom M. Apostol (1923–2016) - Professor of mathematics in California Institute of Technology,^[12] he has authored a number of books about mathematics.
Dimitri Bertsekas (born 1942) - Member of the National Academy of Engineering professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Author of fifteen books and research monographs, and coauthor of an introductory probability textbook^[13]
Giovanni Carandino (1784–1834)
Constantin Carathéodory (1873–1950) - Mathematician who pioneered the Axiomatic Formulation of Thermodynamics.^[14]
Demetrios Christodoulou (born 1951) - Mathematician-physicist who has contributed in the field of general relativity.^[15]
Constantine Dafermos (born 1941) - Usually notable for hyperbolic conservation laws and control theory.^[16]
Mihalis Dafermos (born 1976) - Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University and Lowndean Chair of Astronomy and Geometry at the University of Cambridge^[17]
Apostolos Doxiadis (born 1953) - Australian born Mathematician.^[18]
Athanassios S. Fokas (born 1952) - Contributor in the field of integrable nonlinear partial differential equations.^[19]
Michael Katehakis (born 1952) - Professor at Rutgers University.^[20]
Alexander S. Kechris (born 1946) - Made notable contribution for the theory of Borel equivalence relations.^[21]
Nicholas Metropolis (1915–1999) - American born Greek physicist.^[22]
Yiannis N. Moschovakis (1938) - Writer, also worked as theorist in University of California, Los Angeles.^[23]
Christos Papakyriakopoulos (1914–1976) - Often called Papa, he specialized in geometric topology.^[24]
Athanasios Papoulis (1921–2002) - Contributed a number of theories, such as Papoulis–Gerchberg algorithm,^[25] A eloquent proof,^[26] among others.
Themistocles M. Rassias (born 1951) - Professor at the National Technical University of Athens.^[27]
Raphaël Salem (1898–1963) - Greek mathematician after whom are named the Salem numbers and whose widow founded the Salem Prize.
Cyparissos Stephanos (1857–1917) - Notable contributor of desmic systems.^[28]
Katia Sycara - Professor in the Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science's Robotics Institute and the director of the Laboratory for Agents technology and Semantic web technologies.^[29]
Nicholas Varopoulos (born 1940) - Notable for his analysis on Lie groups.^[30]
Stathis Zachos (born 1947) - Published a number of writings on computer science.
Mihail Zervos - Working in Department of Mathematics, London School of Economics.^[31]

References

^ Lucius Bullard (1 April 2009). God's Big Bang. Strategic Book Publishing. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-60693-992-5.
^ Kleiner, Fred (8 January 2009). Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective. Cengage Learning. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-495-57360-9.
^ Modinos, Antonis (4 October 2013). From Aristotle to Schrödinger: The Curiosity of Physics. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 5. ISBN 978-3-319-00750-2.
^ Fried, Michael N. (2001). Apollonius of Perga's Conica: Text, Context, Subtext. BRILL. p. 59. ISBN 90-04-11977-9.
^ The Works of Archimedes. Cosimo, Inc. 1 June 2007. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-60206-252-8.
^ J. Nahin, Paul. When Least Is Best: How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as Possible. Princeton University Press. p. 47.
^ J. Racheal, Alivia. With every step she took. GREEK SCHOOL. p. 47.
^ F. Entee, Summer. Hey there math wizard. THE SCHOOL. p. 67.
^ Xiao, Jie (2008). Integral and Functional Analysis. Nova Publishers. p. 1996.
^ "Charalambos D. Aliprantis passed away".
^ Jonathan Borwein; Igor Shparlinski; Wadim Zudilin (2013). Number Theory and Related Fields: In Memory of Alf van der Poorten. Springer. p. 5.
^ Richard P. Olenick; Tom M. Apostol. The Mechanical Universe: Mechanics and Heat, Advanced Edition. Cambridge University Press. p. 588.
^ "Introduction to Probability - The Science of Uncertainty". edX.
^ Mathematical Reviews - Volume 2003 - Page 4687, year = 2003
^ MacArthur Fellows: The First 25 Years, 1981-2005, p. 75- 76, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 2005
^ Piermarco Cannarsa; Carlo Sinestrari. Semiconcave Functions, Hamilton-Jacobi Equations, and Optimal Control. Springer. p. 9.
^ Timothy Gowers; June Barrow-Green; Imre Leader (2010). The Princeton Companion to Mathematics. Princeton University Press. p. 17.
^ "Apostolos Doxiadis". Faber.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-05-03.
^ Irene Dorfman; A. S. Fokas; Izrailʹ Moiseevich Gelʹfand (1997). Algebraic Aspects of Integrable Systems: In Memory of Irene Dorfman. Springer. p. 8.
^ Chen, Wen (2008). New Models and Solutions for Stochastic Optimization for R&D and Transportation Problems. p. 1.
^ Matthew Foreman; Akihiro Kanamori (2009). Handbook of Set Theory. Springer. p. 330.
^ "Metropolis, Nicholas Constantine (1915-1999) - from Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography". Scienceworld.wolfram.com. 1952-03-15.
^ Moschovakis, Y.N. (1987). Descriptive Set Theory. p. vii.
^ Macorini, Edgardo (1988). The History of Science and Technology: 1900-1970. p. 704.
^ R. W. Gerchberg, Super-resolution through error energy reduction. Opt. Acta 21, 709-720 (1974)
^ Marks, Robert J (2008). Handbook of Fourier Analysis & Its Applications. p. 223.
^ Rassias, T.M. (2003). Functional Equations, Inequalities and Applications. Springer. p. 7.
^ Peter Gritzmann; Bernd Sturmfels; Victor Klee. Applied Geometry and Discrete Mathematics: The Victor Klee Festschrift. American Mathematical Soc. p. 415.
^ Hsinchun Chen; Edna Reid; Joshua Sinai; Andrew Silke; Boaz Ganor (2008). Terrorism Informatics: Knowledge Management and Data Mining for Homeland Security. Springer. p. 39. ISBN 9780387716138.
^ M. Picardello; W. Woess (1999). Random Walks and Discrete Potential Theory. Cambridge University Press. p. 356.
^ Piunovskiy, Alexey B. (2010). Modern Trends in Controlled Stochastic Processes. Luniver Press. p. 161. ISBN 9781905986309.

[1] Lucius Bullard (1 April 2009). God's Big Bang. Strategic Book Publishing. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-60693-992-5.

[2] Kleiner, Fred (8 January 2009). Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective. Cengage Learning. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-495-57360-9.

[3] Modinos, Antonis (4 October 2013). From Aristotle to Schrödinger: The Curiosity of Physics. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 5. ISBN 978-3-319-00750-2.

[4] Fried, Michael N. (2001). Apollonius of Perga's Conica: Text, Context, Subtext. BRILL. p. 59. ISBN 90-04-11977-9.

[5] The Works of Archimedes. Cosimo, Inc. 1 June 2007. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-60206-252-8.

[6] J. Nahin, Paul. When Least Is Best: How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as Possible. Princeton University Press. p. 47.

[7] J. Racheal, Alivia. With every step she took. GREEK SCHOOL. p. 47.

[8] F. Entee, Summer. Hey there math wizard. THE SCHOOL. p. 67.

[9] Xiao, Jie (2008). Integral and Functional Analysis. Nova Publishers. p. 1996.

[10] "Charalambos D. Aliprantis passed away".

[11] Jonathan Borwein; Igor Shparlinski; Wadim Zudilin (2013). Number Theory and Related Fields: In Memory of Alf van der Poorten. Springer. p. 5.

[12] Richard P. Olenick; Tom M. Apostol. The Mechanical Universe: Mechanics and Heat, Advanced Edition. Cambridge University Press. p. 588.

[13] "Introduction to Probability - The Science of Uncertainty". edX.

[14] Mathematical Reviews - Volume 2003 - Page 4687, year = 2003

[15] MacArthur Fellows: The First 25 Years, 1981-2005, p. 75- 76, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 2005

[16] Piermarco Cannarsa; Carlo Sinestrari. Semiconcave Functions, Hamilton-Jacobi Equations, and Optimal Control. Springer. p. 9.

[17] Timothy Gowers; June Barrow-Green; Imre Leader (2010). The Princeton Companion to Mathematics. Princeton University Press. p. 17.

[18] "Apostolos Doxiadis". Faber.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-05-03.

[19] Irene Dorfman; A. S. Fokas; Izrailʹ Moiseevich Gelʹfand (1997). Algebraic Aspects of Integrable Systems: In Memory of Irene Dorfman. Springer. p. 8.

[20] Chen, Wen (2008). New Models and Solutions for Stochastic Optimization for R&D and Transportation Problems. p. 1.

[21] Matthew Foreman; Akihiro Kanamori (2009). Handbook of Set Theory. Springer. p. 330.

[22] "Metropolis, Nicholas Constantine (1915-1999) - from Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography". Scienceworld.wolfram.com. 1952-03-15.

[23] Moschovakis, Y.N. (1987). Descriptive Set Theory. p. vii.

[24] Macorini, Edgardo (1988). The History of Science and Technology: 1900-1970. p. 704.

[25] R. W. Gerchberg, Super-resolution through error energy reduction. Opt. Acta 21, 709-720 (1974)

[26] Marks, Robert J (2008). Handbook of Fourier Analysis & Its Applications. p. 223.

[27] Rassias, T.M. (2003). Functional Equations, Inequalities and Applications. Springer. p. 7.

[28] Peter Gritzmann; Bernd Sturmfels; Victor Klee. Applied Geometry and Discrete Mathematics: The Victor Klee Festschrift. American Mathematical Soc. p. 415.

[29] Hsinchun Chen; Edna Reid; Joshua Sinai; Andrew Silke; Boaz Ganor (2008). Terrorism Informatics: Knowledge Management and Data Mining for Homeland Security. Springer. p. 39. ISBN 9780387716138.

[30] M. Picardello; W. Woess (1999). Random Walks and Discrete Potential Theory. Cambridge University Press. p. 356.

[31] Piunovskiy, Alexey B. (2010). Modern Trends in Controlled Stochastic Processes. Luniver Press. p. 161. ISBN 9781905986309.

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List of Greek mathematicians

Ancient Greek mathematicians

Byzantine mathematicians

Modern Greek mathematicians

References