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title: "3 Ken Ono Quotes - Famous Mathematician"
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# Ken Ono

(1968)   Mathematician

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Ken Ono is a mathematician.

## Quick Facts About Ken Ono

Born March 20, 1968

Profession Mathematician

## About Ken Ono

American mathematician... \| Ken Ono is an American mathematician who studies number theory. Formerly the STEM Advisor to the Provost and the Marvin Rosenblum Professor of Mathematics at the University of Virginia, he now works in artificial intelligence at Axiom Math in Palo Alto, California.

##  Quotes by Ken Ono

> [When I think about my own work, there usually is one or the other light bulb moment where there is this flash…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-ono/when-i-think-about-my-own-work-there-usually-is-one-or-the-other/)

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[Divine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/divine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/ken-ono-85097_divine_when-i-think-about-my-own-work-there-usu_294156.jpg)

> [Amanda is now a tenure-track professor at Yale.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-ono/amanda-is-now-a-tenure-track-professor-at-yale/)

[Ken Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-ono/)

[Mathematics](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mathematics/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/926/ken-ono-85097_mathematics_amanda-is-now-a-tenure-track-professor-a_501791.jpg)

> [With suicide, it's a strange thing in Japanese culture. It's acceptable. My parents would have been devastated if my attempt had been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-ono/with-suicide-it-s-a-strange-thing-in-japanese-culture-it-s-acceptable/)

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[Accepted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepted/)

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