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 euclid archimedes regiomontanus
euler newton lebintiz gauss boole

who was the last great mathematician

Late 1800s scholars began to be 
fixated on pure arithmetic theory
which evolved into abstraction

none these giants 
wasted effort on
r   i   g   o   r
as endgame

this course a natural rut for the
impodent lazy unimaginative
label noncalculation math

modern day algoritmnist
free of calculation
theory only executed
by mechanical process
locked into finite fields

a mathematician
as wizardry & sorcery
lost to ancient time

a mathematician by
geometry numerics & logic
parse environment
in relation specific need
creates exhaustive examination
relationship & consequences
manipulations unique 
to solve wat able to be of use

mathematic creation
akin to art
a capture of genius
in the moment
 
euler is the ideal
plenty works to 
emulate 

will the real 
Mathematician
please stand up

lead the worthy

have all the unicorns
been herded into sea
by The Jew Bull?

am I the last?
transformed
into human
hella stoopid

a magician
always knows

reveal thyself
many like me
tryhard lost
no rolemodel