Pierre Deligne Quotes

Pierre René, Viscount Deligne is a Belgian mathematician. He is best-known for work on the Weil conjectures, leading to a complete proof in 1973. He is the winner of the 2013 Abel Prize, 2008 Wolf Prize, 1988 Crafoord Prize, and 1978 Fields Medal. Wikipedia  

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Pierre Deligne Quotes

“The nice thing about mathematics is doing mathematics.”

Pierre Deligne in: Philip Ball. "Mathematician wins award for shaping algebra: 2013 Abel Prize goes to Belgian Pierre Deligne, who proved a deep conjecture about algebra and geometry." in Nature, 20 March 2013

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