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As beginning students of mathematics, we learn successively about various kinds of numbers. First come the natural numbers:

N = {1, 2, 3, …}.

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  1. Maxim Kontsevich
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  1. Center for Parallel Computers, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Lindstedtsvägen 25, 10044, Stockholm, Sweden

    Björn Engquist

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles, 3148 Murphy Hall, 7619A MSB, 90095-1555, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Björn Engquist

  3. Department of Mathematics, Harvard University, 02138-2901, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Wilfried Schmid

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Kontsevich, M., Zagier, D. (2001). Periods. In: Engquist, B., Schmid, W. (eds) Mathematics Unlimited — 2001 and Beyond. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56478-9_39

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