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Also Known As Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann
Born September 17, 1826 • Germany
Died July 20, 1866 (aged 39) • Italy
Subjects Of Study Riemann hypothesis • Riemann surface • Riemann zeta function • complex variable • definite integral • manifold • relativity • space • unified field theory

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