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Someone has remarked that 'An ideal math talk should have one proof and one joke and they should not be the same'.

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Ronald Graham
Age: 84 †
Born: 1935
Born: October 31
Died: 2020
Died: July 6
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California
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Math is sometimes called the science of patterns.
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The ultimate goal of mathematics is to eliminate all need for intelligent thought.
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It wouild be very discouraging if somewhere down the line you could ask a computer if the Riemann hypothesis is correct and it said, 'Yes, it is true, but you won't be able to understand the proof.' John Horgan.
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Someone has said that all the great jugglers are dead.
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AB=1/4((A+B)^2-(A-B)^2) is an amazing identity, and unfortunately, I have to remind my current students how to prove it.
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