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# Hermann Hankel

(1839–1873)   Mathematician

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Hermann Hankel was a mathematician.

## Quick Facts About Hermann Hankel

Born February 14, 1839

Died March 29, 1873

Profession Mathematician

## About Hermann Hankel

German mathematician (1839–1873)... \| Hermann Hankel was a German mathematician. Having worked on mathematical analysis during his career, he is best known for introducing the Hankel transform and the Hankel matrix.

##  Quotes by Hermann Hankel

> [In mathematics alone each generations adds a new story to the old structure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-hankel/in-mathematics-alone-each-generations-adds-a-new-story-to-the-old/)

Hermann Hankel

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> [In most sciences one generation tears down what another has built and what one has established another undoes. In mathematics alone each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-hankel/in-most-sciences-one-generation-tears-down-what-another-has-built-and/)

Hermann Hankel

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> [ \[Mathematics is\] purely intellectual, a pure theory of forms, which has for its objects not the combination of quantities or their images,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-hankel/mathematics-is-purely-intellectual-a-pure-theory-of-forms-which-has/)

Hermann Hankel

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> [Isolated, so-called "pretty theorems" have even less value in the eyes of a modern mathematician than the discovery of a new "pretty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-hankel/isolated-so-called-pretty-theorems-have-even-less-value-in-the-eyes/)

Hermann Hankel

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