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Re:Mathematical Chronology by swampers on Thursday June 08, 2017 @07:00AM (#14513255)
Probably a huge amount given that ~50% of the mathematicians* who have ever been alive are alive today.

Source: Pure Mathematics Hons BSc, St Andrews - I took the St Andrews "History of Mathematics" course this site's information is used in.

*For a given value of 'mathematician'. And 'alive', I guess.

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Re:Mathematical Chronology by mbrd on Thursday June 08, 2017 @10:36AM (#14514443)
Nice to see another St Andrews person on HN - I took that course too! I only wrote two essays during my four year degree, one for this class! (I wrote about Alexander Aitken, a gifted mental arithmetician)
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