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Mathematics is the science of numbers and their operations, interrelations, combinations, generalizations, and abstractions and of space configurations and their structure, measurement, transformations, and generalizations. It evolved through the use of abstraction and logical reasoning, from counting, calculation, measurement, and the systematic study of positions, shapes and motions of physical objects. Mathematicians explore such concepts, aiming to formulate new conjectures and establish their truth by rigorous deduction from appropriately chosen axioms and definitions.

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Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal (pronounced blez pɑskɑl), (June 19, 1623 – August 19, 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father. Pascal's earliest work was in the natural and applied sciences where he made important contributions to the construction of mechanical calculators, the study of fluids, and clarified the concepts of pressure and vacuum by generalizing the work of Evangelista Torricelli. Pascal also wrote powerfully in defense of the scientific method.

A mathematician of the first order, Pascal helped create two major new areas of research. He wrote a significant treatise on projective geometry at the age of sixteen and corresponded with Pierre de Fermat from 1654 on probability theory, strongly influencing the development of modern economics and social science.

Following a mystical experience in late 1654, he abandoned his scientific work and devoted himself to philosophy and theology. However, he had suffered from ill-health throughout his life and his new interests were ended by his early death two months after his 39th birthday.

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In projective geometry, Desargues' theorem, named in honor of Gérard Desargues, states:

In a projective space, two triangles are in perspective axially if and only if they are in perspective centrally.

The above picture illustrates Desargues' theorem. Another important feature of projective geometry noticable in the picture is all lines meet at exactly one point (e.g. there are no parallel lines).

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...that a sphere can be cut up and reassembled into two spheres the same size as the original (Banach-Tarski paradox)?
...that it is impossible to devise a single formula involving only polynomials and radicals for solving an arbitrary quintic equation?
...that Euler found 59 more amicable numbers while for 2000 years, only 3 pairs had been found before him?
...that you cannot knot strings in 4-dimensions? You can, however, knot 2-dimensional surfaces like spheres.
...that there are 6 unsolved mathematics problems whose solutions will earn you one million US dollars each?
...that there are different sizes of infinite sets in set theory? More precisely, not all infinite cardinal numbers are equal?
...that every natural number can be written as the sum of four squares?
...that the largest known prime is over 9 million digits long?
...that the set of rational numbers is equal in size to the subset of integers; that is, they can be put in one-to-one correspondence?

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