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athematics is, at its core, an art. Like painters, musicians or writers, mathematicians create and explore new worlds. They ...

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. At the turn of the 20th century, the renowned mathematician David Hilbert had a grand ambition to bring a more rigorous, mathematical ...