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“Two lines must meet at a point. Therefore there are only two surprises here.”

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Nathan Seiberg is a renowned physicist known for his work in string theory and quantum field theory. Born on September 22, 1956, he has had a significant impact in the field of theoretical physics. more

“The research reported on in our book "A=B", has moved a whole active field of mathematics from the province of human thought to the realm of computer-fodder. It is quite exciting to think about what other fields of pure mathematics, hitherto thought to be reserved to human intelligence, might be moved to that realm next. The goal is to put ourselves out of business completely, and the work is well underway.”

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Author:Herbert Wilf

“What promotes math progress even more than new ideas are new technical tools and habits of thought that encapsulate existing ideas, so that insights of one generation become the instincts of the next.”

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Author:Jim Propp

“Mathematics... is a bit like discovering oil. ... But mathematics has one great advantage over oil, in that no one has yet ... found a way that you can keep using the same oil forever.”

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Author:Andrew Wiles

“Certain functions appear so often that it is convenient to give them names. These are collectively called special functions. There are many examples and no single way of looking at them can illuminate all examples or even all the important properties of a single example of a special function.”

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Author:Richard Askey

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