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Introduction and Early Years

Hello. If you are reading this, then you have some interest in learning who I am and what I meant to the mathematics community. I thank you for being here as this means that my time writing this is well spent. My name is Christian Felix Klein, but you can call me Felix. For today's installment, I'd like to give you a bit of background information about myself and take a look into my early years of life. It's a great start for our journey. The remarkable Rhine River that outskirts Düsseldorf, Germany (1922) I was born April 25th, 1849. In the European way of dating, that's 25/4/1849 or (5)²/(2)²/(43)². I find it exhilarating that the day, month, and year are all squares of prime numbers (it’s the mathematician in me). I was born in Düsseldorf, Germany to my mom, Elise Sophie Klein (Kayser), and to my father, Caspar Klein. Both of my parents were Prussians and of Protestant faith. My father was a secretary for a Prussian government official. Until the tim...