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List of amateur mathematicians

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This is a list of amateur mathematicians—people whose primary vocation did not involve mathematics (or any similar discipline) yet made notable, and sometimes important, contributions to the field of mathematics.

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  1. ^ a b c d e f What recent discoveries have amateur mathematicians made? MathOverflow
  2. ^ Fearnley-Sander, Desmond (December 1979). "Hermann Grassmann and the Creation of Linear Algebra" (PDF). The American Mathematical Monthly. 86 (10). Mathematical Association of America: 809–817. doi:10.2307/2320145. ISSN 0002-9890. JSTOR 2320145.
  3. ^ Sprugnoli, Renzo (27 September 2005). "Introduzione alla matematica: La matematica della scuola media" (PDF). Universita degli Studi di Firenze: Dipartimento di Sistemi e Informatica. p. 59. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.