In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a fractal-like function that was decried as nothing less than a “deplorable evil.” In time, it would transform the foundations of mathematics.

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Mathematician Kurt Gödel died 47 years ago today, but his Theorem lives on, in ways far beyond its original scope.

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