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In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are disconnected from external affairs. Some practice it as if using a drug. Chess sometimes plays a similar role. In their unhappiness over the events of this world, some immerse themselves in a kind of self-sufficiency in mathematics. (Some have engaged in it for this reason alone.) Stanisław Marcin Ulam		Friday May 29, 2026
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	Leon Henkin
	Leon Henkin (19 April 1921 - 1 November 2006) was a logician at the University of California, Berkeley. He was principally known for the "Henkin Completeness Proof": his version of the proof of the semantic completeness of standard systems of first-order logic. Read More

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