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Thank you for clearing this up: A book I was reading attributed this to Andrew Weils, where it was Andre Weil, and later in the book it discussed Andrew Weils,
by ForOldHack 2y ago
Thank you for clearing this up: A book I was reading attributed this to Andrew Weils, where it was Andre Weil, and later in the book it discussed Andrew Weils, who was really Sir Andrew Wiles - who benefited greatly from the contributions of Andre Weil. Let us keep our w(e)iles straight.
- zyklu5 2y agoThere's another Weyl. Hermann Weyl. A mathematician almost as great as Hilbert. In fact he is the person who rigorously introduced Riemann surfaces. He is also the originator of Gauge theory -- so fundamental to modern physics.