[math-fun] Asperger syndrome, Autism, & math talent

Supposedly, Asperger syndrome (which allegedly no longer "exists," having been merged into the "Autism spectrum"), is linked to "mathematical talent." paper Ioan James: Autism and Mathematical Talent, online here http://www.scribd.com/doc/48195975/autism-and-math-talent Mathematicians and physicists identified by him or by others as having Asperger or Autism or signs thereof include A.Einstein, I.Newton, P.A.M.Dirac, G.Perelman, S.Ramanujan, P.Erdos, Ronald Fisher, GH Hardy, Alan Turing, A Weil, Norbert Weiner, Robert Ammann (a post office clerk who made big contributions to tiling theory), WR Hamilton, and R. Borcherds. -- Warren D. Smith http://RangeVoting.org