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Mathematics often owes more to those who ask questions than to those who answer them. The solution of a problem may stifle interest in the area around it. But "Fermat's Last Theorem", because it is not yet a theorem, has generated a great deal of "good" mathematics, whether goodness is judged by beauty, by depth or by applicability.
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Born:
September 30, 1916
Died:
March 9, 2020
(aged 103)
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Richard Kenneth Guy was a British mathematician, professor emeritus in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Calgary. He is known for his work in number theory, geometry, recreational mathematics, combinatorics, and graph theory.
Known for:
Unsolved problems in number theory (1981)
The Inquisitive Problem Solver (2002)
Thinking about Learning (1981)
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