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“The seriousness of a theorem, of course, does not lie in its consequences, which are merely the evidence for its seriousness.” quote by G.H. Hardy — Download Open image

““The seriousness of a theorem, of course, does not lie in its consequences, which are merely the evidence for its seriousness.””

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