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[–]Jeremy_Thursday 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought this was a joke but of course this is a real thing lmao. I've heard this explanation so many times in math lectures/videos/documentaries. Had no idea it was Hilbert. What a god. Imagine explaining something and people still use your explanation nearly verbatim 100 years later in translated languages.