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The Man Who Stole Infinity

quantamagazine.org

4 points by sonabinu a month ago · 1 comment

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Paracompact a month ago

Dang, I've always considered mathematicians as being on the whole very intellectually honest and not fame-chasing. At least Dedekind still managed to earn his place in the mathematical pantheon.

Also, a 20-something stealing glory from a 40-something is an interesting inversion of the usual roles in this kind of abuse. I wonder if that's partly why Dedekind let it slide.

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