John Gabriel's New Calculus

[Athel Cornish-Bowden]

John Gabriel's New Calculus must surely have been discussed at sci.math
before, but I can't find it by searching.

I'd be more inclined to believe that Donald Trump is a very stable
genius than that someone who decribes himself like this is to be taken
seriously:

"I am a genius who discovered the New Calculus - the first and only
rigorous formulation of calculus in human history, and quite possibly
the greatest mathematician of all time."

A severe case of Dunning-Kruger, I suspect, but I'd be iterested to
know what real mathematicians (which I am not) think.

[Moebius]

A severe case of Dunning-Kruger, I suspect, [...]

I'd say it's MORE than that ...

[Python]

Post by Athel Cornish-Bowden
John Gabriel's New Calculus must surely have been discussed at sci.math
before, but I can't find it by searching.

Oh dear... He posted THOUSANDS of posts here, mostly with the nickname
"Eram semper recta". Here is a message I posted back then:

https://groups.google.com/g/sci.math/c/JnRiJEX7r6A/m/BiUyKjstBwAJ

Post by Athel Cornish-Bowden
I'd be more inclined to believe that Donald Trump is a very stable
genius than that someone who decribes himself like this is to be taken
"I am a genius who discovered the New Calculus - the first and only
rigorous formulation of calculus in human history, and quite possibly
the greatest mathematician of all time."
A severe case of Dunning-Kruger, I suspect, but I'd be iterested to know
what real mathematicians (which I am not) think.

Do you remember "Knol", the attempt from Google to overcome Wikipedia
with "experts"? Well... John Gabriel succeeded in posting numerous
articles there. Well done Google!

You probably checked YouTube channel "New calculus" which is ridiculous
and abusive on all aspects, as well as John's articles on academia
(I managed to remove some of them, and some YT videos as well, his
geogebra account and his Facebook account).

Back in the day a talented student wrote a few blog articles about
John Gabriel nonsense, unfortunately it is not online anymore (John
Gabriel may have been threatened him, as he usually do). It is style
available from archive.org though :

https://web.archive.org/web/20180724174732/http://blog.logicalphalluses.net/category/science/math-logic/

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Post by Athel Cornish-Bowden
John Gabriel's New Calculus must surely have been discussed at
sci.math before, but I can't find it by searching.

another article from 2010 :

http://www.goodmath.org/blog/2010/02/04/a-crank-among-cranks-debating-john-gabriel/

[Moebius]

Am 06.08.2024 um 22:04 schrieb Python: [...]

To make a long story short: John Gabriel's "New Calculus" is complete
nonsense.

Agree?

[Python]

Post by Moebius
Am 06.08.2024 um 22:04 schrieb Python: [...]
To make a long story short: John Gabriel's "New Calculus" is complete
nonsense.
Agree?

Not at all! It is a great milestone in the history of mathematics.
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just kidding.

[Moebius]

Post by Python

Post by Moebius
Am 06.08.2024 um 22:04 schrieb Python: [...]
To make a long story short: John Gabriel's "New Calculus" is complete
nonsense.
Agree?

Not at all! It is a great milestone in the history of mathematics.

Yes, of course! Remember: The "New Calculus" is "the first and only
rigorous formulation of calculus in human history" (John Gabriel).

Nuff said. :-)