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Last updated on April 15, 2025.

Lipman Bers

Lipman "Lipa" Bers was a Latvian-American mathematician, born in Riga, who created the theory of pseudoanalytic functions and worked on Riemann surfaces and Kleinian groups. He was also known for his work in human rights activism.

American - Mathematician | May 22, 1914 - October 29, 1993

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... mathematics is very much like poetry ... what makes a good poem -- a great poem -- is that there is a large amount of thought expressed in very few words. In this sense formulas like or are poems.

Lipman Bers

Lipman Bers

Mathematics is a collection of cheap tricks and dirty jokes. — © Lipman Bers

Mathematics is a collection of cheap tricks and dirty jokes.

Lipman Bers

Lipman Bers

There are two kind of mathematicians, smart ones, and dumb ones. I am one of the dumb ones.

Lipman Bers

Lipman Bers

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