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“If I were to awaken after having slept for a thousand years, my first question would be: Has the Riemann hypothesis been proven?”

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David Hilbert

David Hilbert, a German mathematician born on January 23, 1862, and died on February 14, 1943, was one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century. He is renowned for his contributions to the foundations of mathematics, geometry, number theory, and functional analysis. more

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