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Noam Elkies Quotes

born 1966 United States

Noam David Elkies is a professor of mathematics at Harvard University.

United States
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One of the things about math and chess is that we’re better at doing it than philosophizing about it.

One does not have to have experience raising children through school, dealing with family tragedies, and so forth, to be able to find three numbers whose fourth powers add up to another one.

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