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“When people asked hilbert why he didn't prove Fermat's Last Theorem and win the Wolfskehl Prize, he said, "Why should I kill the goose that lays the golden egg?”
― Constance Bowman Reid, Hilbert

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“Monday - tried to prove theorem, Tuesday - tried to prove theorem, Wednesday - tried to prove theorem, Thursday - tried to prove theorem, Friday - theorem false.”
― Constance Bowman Reid, Julia: A Life in Mathematics

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