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“I shall devote all my efforts to bring light into the immense obscurity that today reigns in Analysis. It so lacks any plan or system, that one is really astonished that there are so many people who devote themselves to it - and, still worse, it is absolutely devoid of any rigor.”

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Niels Henrik Abel

Niels Henrik Abel was a Norwegian mathematician who made significant contributions to the field of mathematics, particularly in elliptic functions and integral equations. His work had a profound impact on later mathematicians, especially his proof that algebraic equations cannot be solved by radicals, known as the Abel-Ruffini theorem. more

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