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by ilove_banh_mi 844 days ago
It turns out I have a straight line of thesis-advisors [1] to him [2]; and I've decided to read the thesis of each one in my chain of advisors.

[1] https://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=199357

[2] https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Oresme/

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Wow that lineage includes Carl Gauss and Gilbert Strang