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Quotes from Marginal note in his mathematical notebook — Niels Henrik Abel

1802–1829 Norway

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It is readily seen that any theory written by Laplace will be superior to all produced of lower standing. It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils.

Marginal note in his mathematical notebook (1826)

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