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G. H. Hardy

A black-and-white portrait of G. H. Hardy, an English mathematician wearing glasses, a bow tie, and a suit, with a serious expression.

English mathematician (1877–1947), based at Cambridge and Oxford, who in 1914 proved that infinitely many zeros of the zeta function lie on the critical line. He famously toasted his enemies, including the Riemann Hypothesis, and once sent a postcard to a friend claiming he had proved it, to ensure that God — whom he disbelieved in but distrusted — would not let him drown on the ferry home.

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