“In his wretched life of less than twenty-seven years Abel accomplished so much of the highest order that one of the leading mathematicians of the Nineteenth Century (Hermite, 1822-1901) could say without exaggeration, 'Abel has left mathematicians enough to keep them busy for five hundred years.' Asked how he had done all this in the six or seven years of his working life, Abel replied, 'By studying the masters, not the pupils.”
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Mathematics: Queen and Servant of Science
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Eric Temple Bell
Eric Temple Bell was a prominent mathematician known for his contributions to combinatorics and graph theory. Born on February 7, 1883, and passing away on December 21, 1960, Bell's research spanned various areas including graph theory, combinatorics, number theory, and mathematical education. His work has had a profound impact on mathematicians that followed. more
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