Opening Lines by Mathematicians: Anna Karenina
'Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.' becomes 'Up to isomorphism, there is only one happy family.'
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Anna Karenina: 'Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.' becomes 'Up to isomorphism, there is only one happy family.'