#thematic

We are servants rather than masters in mathematics. ↗

— Charles Hermite

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Thus, the more succinctly a train of thought was expounded, and the more comprehensive the unity of its basic idea, the closer it would approximate to the prerequisites of the mathematical way of thinking. ↗

— Max Bill

#basic #basic idea #closer #comprehensive #idea

Music assists him in the use of harmonic and mathematical proportion. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

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The land of easy mathematics where he who works adds up and he who retires subtracts. ↗

— Núria Añó

#ageing #aging #aging-gracefully #economy #getting-older

Be honest: did you actually read [the above geometric proof]? Of course not. Who would want to? The effect of such a production being made over something so simple is to make people doubt their own intuition. Calling into question the obvious by insisting that it be 'rigorously proved' ... is to say to a student 'Your feelings and ideas are suspect. You need to think and speak our way. ↗

— Paul Lockhart

#intuition #math #mathematics #art

All you have to know is mathematically how many times to scratch it and when to let it go - when certain things will enhance the record you're listening to. ↗

— Grandmaster Flash

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For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps. ↗

— Christopher Columbus

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Therefore I would not have it unknown to Your Holiness, the the only thing which induced me to look for another way of reckoning the movements of the heavenly bodies was that I knew that mathematicians by no means agree in their investigation thereof. ↗

— Nicolaus Copernicus

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The art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the germs of generality. ↗

— David Hilbert

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The further a mathematical theory is developed, the more harmoniously and uniformly does its construction proceed, and unsuspected relations are disclosed between hitherto separated branches of the science. ↗

— David Hilbert

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