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“That Schmidt, he didn’t have enough imagination for mathematics. Now he has become a poet. For that he had just enough.”

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David Hilbert
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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