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wait wtf hasse was a nazi? i did not know that ew

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· May 1, 2021

We talked about how there were a LOT of Nazi mathematicians. This is a sample of just some Nazi mathematicians and mathematical terms named after them that the current mathematical community still uses. (7/10)

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An incomplete list of Nazi mathematicians and objects named after them

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Kam

@KamerynJW

May 4, 2021

I'm mostly just feeling some form of relief that Gentzen didn't end up in that image...

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Why relief? 🤔

1:13 AM · May 4, 2021Twitter Web App

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Because I like the maths he did and so I'm irrationally relieved that he was left off the list.

Kam

@KamerynJW

May 4, 2021

Further, I know something of Gentzen's bio, and he wasn't an enthusiastic nazi. If we condemn him—as I think we ought to—it raises the question of how much those of us today are culpable for when we put our heads down and are insufficiently outspoken against.

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