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In Memory of My Wife, Elise Cawley (1961–2026), with Thanks for 36 Wonderful Years

Stephen Wolfram · 4 Aug 2026

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  1. Elise maintained that raw axiomatic formalization cannot be the true essence of math and that math is really something much more human. And finally, just a few years ago, by a long and circuitous route, I came to realize that-despite my obstinate insistence to the contrary-she'd been right about this all along.

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