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Abraham Robinson Biography

Mathematician

Abraham Robinson was a renowned mathematician known for his contributions to non-standard analysis. Born on October 6, 1918, and passing away on April 11, 1974, Robinson's work has had a significant impact on mathematics and logic.

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“The Committee supports the idea that there should be, within the University of California, a campus which puts particular emphasis on the education of undergraduates within the framework of a College system.”

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“I've made it a policy to move every five years, either physically or in my research.”

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“Arithmetic starts with the integers and proceeds by successively enlarging the number system by rational and negative numbers, irrational numbers, etc... But the next quite logical step after the reals, namely the introduction of infinitesimals, has simply been omitted. I think, in coming centuries it will be considered a great oddity in the history of mathematics that the first exact theory of infinitesimals was developed 300 years after the invention of the differential calculus.”

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Born: October 6, 1918
Died: April 11, 1974
Known for: Mathematician
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