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In mathematics, you don’t understand things. You just get used to them. — Johann von Neumann
There are two ways to do great mathematics. The first is to be smarter than everybody else. The second way is to be stupider than everybody else — but persistent. — Raoul Bott
2 is not equal to 3 – not even for very large values of 2.
Twelve for 23… It doesn’t take a genius to see that’s under 50 percent.
It is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician.
Relations between pure and applied mathematicians are based on trust and understanding. Namely, pure mathematicians do not trust applied mathematicians, and applied mathematicians do not understand pure mathematicians.
An engineer thinks that his equations are an approximation to reality. A physicist thinks reality is an approximation to his equations. A mathematician doesn’t care.
There are three kinds of mathematicians; those who can count and those who can’t.
A mathematician is a scientist who can figure out anything except such simple things as squaring the circle and trisecting an angle.
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. — J. H. Poincare
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