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Herbert Wilf
American mathematician.
Born June 13th, 1931 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died January 7th, 2012 at 80 years old in Wynnewood (neuromuscular disease). [ref]
Occupations
mathematician, university teacher
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It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson