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“The branches of mathematics are as various as the sciences to which they belong, and each subject of physical enquiry has its appropriate mathematics. In every form of material manifestation, there is a corresponding form of human thought, so that the human mind is as wide in its range of thought as the physical universe in which it thinks.”

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Benjamin Peirce
Benjamin Peirce

Benjamin Peirce was an American mathematician born on April 4, 1809, and died on October 6, 1880. He made significant contributions to the fields of mathematical analysis, algebra, and mathematical physics. more

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