Andre Weil
1906 - 1998
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Biography
Andre Weil was a French mathematician known for his foundational contributions to algebraic geometry and number theory. Born in 1906 in Paris, Weil studied mathematics at the École Normale Supérieure and later pursued a career in academia. He made significant advancements in pure mathematics, particularly in the fields of arithmetic geometry and automorphic forms. Weil also had a profound impact on the development of modern algebraic geometry through his work on schemes and the Weil conjectures.
Famous Quotes (5)
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The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it.
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When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.
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Definition: Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock.
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There are two ways of doing mathematics; one is to do it, the other is to understand it.
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Life will be happier for the mathematician when he shall have turned from the river of computational mathematics and found a possibility of being alone in the moonlight.