29

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According to Gauss, "There have been only three epoch-making mathematicians: Archimedes, Newton, and Eisenstein." Why have so few heard of the latter? Perhaps because Ferdinand Eisenstein died at the age of 29.

Submitted: 2008-03-12 23:50:16; Last Modified: 2008-07-15 09:22:45.