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Bourbaki

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Bourbaki [ˈbɔːbəkɪ]
n
(Mathematics) Nicholas. the pseudonym of a group of mainly French mathematicians that, since 1939, has been producing a monumental work on advanced mathematics, Eléments de Mathématique


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