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I mean the word proof not in the sense of the lawyers, who set two half proofs equal to a whole one, but in the sense of
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"I mean the word proof not in the sense of the lawyers, who set two half proofs equal to a whole one, but in the sense of a mathematician, where half proof = 0, and it is demanded for proof that every doubt becomes impossible"

- Carl Friedrich Gauss

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Germany Flag This quote is written / told by Carl Friedrich Gauss between April 30, 1777 and February 23, 1855. He/she was a famous Mathematician from Germany. The author also have 16 other quotes.

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