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“In the Middle Age, in Germany, if you wanted to learn addition and multiplication, you could go to any university. But if you wanted to learn division, you could only do it in one place, Heidelberg. This makes sense, since in my theory with Vladimir Retakh and Robert Wilson, addition and multiplications are cheap, but division is expensive.”

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Israel Gelfand (September 2, 1913 - October 5, 2009) was a prominent mathematician of the 20th century, known for his work in algebra, group theory, functional analysis, and mathematical physics. His research had a profound impact on the development of modern mathematics. more

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