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A Mathematician is someone who can take a cup of coffee and turn it into a theory.
Paul Erdos
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Paul Erdos
Age: 83 †
Born: 1913
Born: March 26
Died: 1996
Died: September 20
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Why are numbers beautiful? It’s like asking why is Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony beautiful. If you don’t see why, someone can’t tell you. I know numbers are beautiful. If they aren’t beautiful, nothing is.
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The purpose of life is to conjecture and prove.
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Mathematics is the surest way to immortality. If you make a big discovery in mathematics, you will be remembered after everyone else will be forgotten
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