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I cannot imagine that I shall ever return to the creed of the true Platonist, who sees the world of the actual infinite spread out before him and believes that he can comprehend the incomprehensible.

Abraham Robinson

Abraham Robinson

Abraham Robinson

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Born: October 6, 1918

Died: April 11, 1974 (aged 55)

Bio: Abraham Robinson was a mathematician who is most widely known for development of non-standard analysis, a mathematically rigorous system whereby infinitesimal and infinite numbers were reincorporated into modern mathematics.

Known for:

Non-standard analysis (1966)
Complete theories (1956)
On the metamathematics of algebra (1963)
Wing theory (1956)

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