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'''Paul Erdős''' (1913-1996) was a prominent 20th century [[mathematics|mathematician]].  [[Homeschool]]ed as a youth, he ultimately published more math papers (1500) than anyone and developed an [[elementary proof]] for some of the most challenging math problems, including the the [[Prime Number Theorem]] and [[Bertrand]]'s conjecture that there was always at least one prime between '''''n''''' and '''''2n''''' for '''''n > 2'''''.
 
'''Paul Erdős''' (1913-1996) was a prominent 20th century [[mathematics|mathematician]].  [[Homeschool]]ed as a youth, he ultimately published more math papers (1500) than anyone and developed an [[elementary proof]] for some of the most challenging math problems, including the the [[Prime Number Theorem]] and [[Bertrand]]'s conjecture that there was always at least one prime between '''''n''''' and '''''2n''''' for '''''n > 2'''''.
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Unlike many 20th century mathematicians, Erdős adhered to using [[elementary techniques]] rather than using newly developed fields of mathematics.  Erdős also focused on solving existing problems rather than creating new ones. Erdős was a very colorful person, holding unusual opinions, and he used his own code language when he talked about politics, religion, and life. Form age 60 he referred, for example, to himself as ''L.D'', which stood for ''Living Dead''. He died in 1996, at age 83 in Warsaw.<ref>http://scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/Math/Erdos.html</ref>  
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Unlike many 20th century mathematicians, Erdős adhered to using [[elementary techniques]] rather than using newly developed fields of mathematics.  Erdős also focused on solving existing problems rather than creating new ones. Erdős was a very colorful person, holding unusual opinions, and he used his own code language when he talked about politics, religion, and life. Form age 60 he referred, for example, to himself as ''L.D'', which stood for ''Living Dead''. He died in 1996, at age 83, in Warsaw.<ref>http://scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/Math/Erdos.html</ref>  
     
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