André Bloch

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>On 17 November 1917, while on convalescent leave from service in World War I, Bloch killed his brother Georges, and his aunt and uncle.
>Bloch told Baruk that the murders were a eugenic act, in order to eliminate branches of his family affected by mental illness.
>Bloch corresponded with several mathematicians, including Georges Valiron, George Pólya,[...]giving his return address as only "57 Grande rue, Saint-Maurice", never mentioning that this was a psychiatric hospital.
>According to Pólya, Bloch had the habit of dating his letters with 1 April, regardless of when they were written.
why the FUCK are mathematicians such schizos?