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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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ACZEL In the early part of the past century, influential French mathematicians such as Alexandre Grothendieck, Andre Weil, Henri Cartan, and others were all influenced by the work of a man known as Nicolas Bourbaki.
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