Who was the first mathematician to win international honor for American mathematics?

Wiener (1894- 1964) was the first great mathematician who won the international honor for American mathematics. There are many anecdotes about him. When Weiner was in England in his early years, he met Littlewood, a famous British mathematician, and said, "Oh, there really are people like you. I thought Littlewood was just the pseudonym of Hardy's poorly written article. " Weiner himself was annoyed by the joke and strongly denied it in his autobiography. Another version of this story is about Edmund Lao Dao: Landau doubted the existence of Littlewood, so he made a special trip to England to meet the man himself.

Weiner later spent 25 years at MIT. He is a celebrity on campus, and everyone wants to make friends with him. Once a student asked Weiner how to solve a specific problem. Weiner thought for a moment and wrote down the answer. In fact, students don't want to know the answer, just ask him "how". Wiener said, "But is there no other way?" He thought for a moment, smiled and immediately wrote a solution. Wiener's most famous story is about moving. Once Weiner moved, his wife was familiar with Weiner in all aspects and repeatedly reminded him the night before moving. She also found a note with the address of her new house written on it, and changed the key of the old house into the key of the new house. The next day, Weiner went to work with a note and a key. During the day, someone casually asked him a math problem, and Weiner wrote the answer on the back of the note and handed it to others. In the evening, Wiener habitually returned to his former residence. He was surprised that there was no one at home. Looking through the window, the furniture is gone. Take out the key to open the door and find that it doesn't match the teeth at all. So I knocked on the door a few times and then paced in the yard. Suddenly I found a little girl running in the street. Wiener said to her, "Little girl, I'm really unlucky. I can't find my home and I can't insert the key. " The little girl said, "Dad, that's right. Mom asked me to come to you. "

One of Weiner's students once saw Weiner sending something at the post office and wanted to introduce himself. At MIT, it is very rare to really say a few words to Weiner and shake hands directly. But the student doesn't know how to get close to him. At this moment, I saw Wiener pacing back and forth, lost in thought. The student is even more worried, for fear of interrupting Mr. Wang's train of thought and losing a profound mathematical thought. But in the end, I got up the courage and approached the great man: "Good morning, Professor Weiner!" " "Wiener suddenly raised his head and patted his forehead and said," Yes, Wiener! " "It turned out that Weiner wanted to write the sender's name on the label, but forgot his own name.