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CamperBob2yesterday at 6:22 PM1 replyview on HN

No, I'm saying that JvN would have recoiled hard from that sentiment.


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vonneumannstanyesterday at 9:43 PM

His work was incredibly APPLIED. Which is precisely why he is remembered and lauded.

Can anyone here not involved in theoretical math name 5 Fields Medalists? Take out Terry Tao or Andrew Wiles or Gigori Perelman and can you name any Pure Mathematicians from the last century at all?

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