Jean-Pierre Serre is 100 years old today

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Article URL: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Serre/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49718822 Points: 35 # Comments: 5…

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  • Article URL: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Serre/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49718822 Points: 35 # Comments: 5…
  • Reported by Hacker News and published Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:57:18 UTC.

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