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Published online 6 August 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020805-1
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Seminal maths manuscript unearthed
Document discovery marks prodigy's bicentenary.
It's a tale of youthful genius and tragedy, of revolution and theft, of algebra and geometry. This week marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of the world's greatest mathematicians, Niels Henrik Abel.
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