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Alexander Soifer

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Born
in Moscow, Russian Federation
August 14

Influences
Albert Camus, Rudyard Kipling, Vladimir Nabokov, Marina Tsvetaeva, Osi ...more

Member Since
January 2012

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I was once born in Moscow.
I was born free in a country that did not tolerate free men.
And so I left as a refugee, and earned my freedom in the US of A.
Freedom is easy to obtain: just allow it to yourself. However, in order to keep it, one must exercise it, daily.

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Mathematics as Problem Solving

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The Colorado Mathematical O...

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How Does One Cut a Triangle?

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Geometric Etudes in Combina...

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