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Mathematics is, on the one hand, a cumulative science. Once a mathematical theorem has been proved to be true then it remains true forever: it is added to the stock of mathematical discoveries which has piled up through the centuries and it can be used to proceed still further in our pursuit of knowledge.
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And not only of mathematics.
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Here and in the following I am using the abbreviation “RHp” for “Riemann Hypothesis in function fields of characteristic p ”.
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Today the reviews in this journal are incorporated in the database of “zbMATH”.
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Most mathematicians which are mentioned in this book have a biographic article in “Wikipedia” or in “Mac Tutor History of Mathematics Archive” or in other openly accessible places; hence I believe it is not necessary here to always include biographical information—except in a few cases when some such information may be of interest in the present context.
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Roquette, P. (2018). Overture. In: The Riemann Hypothesis in Characteristic p in Historical Perspective. Lecture Notes in Mathematics(), vol 2222. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99067-5_1
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