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Moreover, if one selects a problem, works on it in isolation for a few years and finally solves it, there is a danger, unless the problem is very famous, that it will no longer be regarded as all that significant.
Timothy Gowers
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Timothy Gowers
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: November 20
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County of Wilts
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