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José Carlos Santos

I am a mathematician who works at the University of Porto (Portugal). My PhD, on Representation Theory, was obtained at the Université Paris — Denis Diderot, in 1996.

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24 Has a stereotypical “mad scientist” ever made a significant discovery? Mar 11 '19
22 Examples of when the professional scientists or mathematicians were wrong, but the nonprofessionals were right? Jan 18 '19
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10 Which mathematicians died very young or in a tragic way? Sep 16 '17
9 Examples of papers co-authored by parent/child, or siblings Feb 22 '19
8 Did Galois make use of the concept of a basis? Dec 8 '18
8 What did Fermat do as a lawyer? Jan 28 '18
8 How much did Arabic and Persian scholars contribute to physics and mathematics? Jul 3 '17
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