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Weyl

American  
[vahyl] / vaɪl /

noun

  1. Hermann 1885–1955, German mathematician, in the U.S. after 1933.


Weyl British  
/ vaɪl /

noun

  1. Hermann. 1885–1955, US mathematician, born in Germany; noted for his work on group theory and the mathematics of relativity

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“The pope,” said Glen Weyl, a faith-and-technology researcher, “is perhaps the single most important person in the world on AI at this moment.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

“We were promised economic dynamism in exchange for inequality,” Eric Posner and Glen Weyl write in their book “Radical Markets.”

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023

Other early voters included first-timers Ronald Johnson and his wife, Judith Weyl, who voted on Election Day in 2020.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2022

“Vitalik’s goal is to find solutions to what he sees as profound problems in our social structure and apply them in the ethereum ecosystem,” Weyl said.

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2022

An exceedingly ingenious attempt in this direction has been made by the mathematician H. Weyl; but I do not believe that his theory will hold its ground in relation to reality.

From Sidelights on Relativity by Einstein, Albert

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