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    A Half-Century of MathematicsAuthor(s): Hermann WeylSource: The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 58, No. 8 (Oct., 1951), pp. 523-553Published by: Mathematical Association of AmericaStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2306319

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