A mathematician, then, will be defined in what follows as someone who has published the proof of at least one non-trivial theorem. (Jean Dieudonné)

A mathematician, then, will be defined in what follows as someone who has published the proof of at least one non-trivial theorem.

Jean Dieudonné

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