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“In most sciences one generation tears down what another has built and what one has established another undoes. In mathematics alone each generations adds a new story to the old structure.”

Quote by Hermann Hankel

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Hermann Hankel was a German mathematician known for his work in the field of mathematical analysis. Born on February 14, 1839, and died on August 29, 1873, Hankel made significant contributions to the development of integral equation theory and function theory. more

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