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“I was interviewed on the Israeli radio for five minutes and I said that more than 2000 years ago, Euclid proved that there are infinitely many primes. Immediately the host interrupted me and asked, 'Are there still infinitely many primes?'”

Quote by Noga Alon

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Noga Alon is an Israeli mathematician known for his contributions to combinatorics and graph theory. Born on February 17, 1956, he is a distinguished scholar in the fields of theoretical computer science and algorithm design. more

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