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Mathematics is the only instructional material that can be
presented in an entirely undogmatic way.
Mathematics is the only instructional material that can be
presented in an entirely undogmatic way.
The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.
The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.
Between the penis and the mathematical one . . . there exists
nothing. Nothing! It is a vacuum.
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Between the penis and the mathematical one . . . there exists
nothing. Nothing! It is a vacuum.
[Fr., Entre le penis et les mathematiques . . . il n'existe rien.
Rien! C'est le vide.]
Mathematics is written for mathematicians.
Mathematics is written for mathematicians.
As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can
be perceived but not explained.
As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can
be perceived but not explained.
It is the perennial youthfulness of mathematics itself which
marks it off with a disconcerting immortality from the other read more
It is the perennial youthfulness of mathematics itself which
marks it off with a disconcerting immortality from the other
sciences.
Revolutions never occur in mathematics.
Revolutions never occur in mathematics.
It is the merest truism, evident at once to unsophisticated
observation, that mathematics is a human invention.
It is the merest truism, evident at once to unsophisticated
observation, that mathematics is a human invention.
The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful.
The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful.
