The Man Who Loved Only Numbers

What follows is a fictional introduction to an itinerant mathematician whose life was so devoted to number theory that he did without all the things that people usually desire. It could have happened this way. Twins Jack and Jill are at home when the doorbell rings. Opening the door, they find a little elderly man, who looks a bit like Woody Allen. Without identifying himself, he announces “My mind is open.” “What does that mean,” Jill inquires. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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