Not only is there another criminal mathematician, but his name is also Theodore. About 25 years ago, Theodore Streleski, a ten-year Ph.D. student in the Stanford Math Department clubbed to death one of the faculty. He had originally planned to kill the Department Chairman, but this particular follow had made fun of his shoes. He had a liberal jury that bought his defense of diminished capacitance, and served about 7 years in prison. He's roaming around somewhere, so be careful whom you ridicule! --- Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> wrote:
Are there any other famous mathematicians who were also criminals?
I seem to recall that Vieta was a lawyer, but I'm not aware of any greater crimes.
Napolean has Napolean's theorem, but isn't normally considered a mathematician.
Socrates was a criminal, but was he a mathematician? Logician?
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