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The Legend of von Neumann (1973) [pdf]

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What happened

Article URL: https://gwern.net/doc/math/1973-halmos.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49933235 Points: 264 # Comments: 143…

Key facts

  • Article URL: https://gwern.net/doc/math/1973-halmos.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49933235 Points: 264 # Comments: 143…
  • Reported by Hacker News and published Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:18:32 UTC.

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