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Many mathematical definitions are short; the 2017 library included definitions of topics that undergraduates can find difficult.
Unresolved speaker · Mathematics Just Changed Forever — Kevin Hartnett · 26 Oct 2026
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“Because many mathematical definitions are quite short. In fact, that was what the library looked like in twenty seventeen. It contained some, some definitions that mathema- that, you know, undergraduates find quite difficult.”43:13Report a misattribution
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