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Leonhard Euler

Leonhard Euler

Swiss mathematician

Paul Painlevé.

Paul Painlevé

French prime minister and mathematician

Tullio Levi-Civita

Italian mathematician

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Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.

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