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Arthur Cayley was a British mathematician renowned for his contributions to algebra and geometry, which had a profound impact on the development of modern mathematics.

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“As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can be perceived but not explained.”

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Book:The Collected Mathematical Papers of Arthur Cayley

Source: The Collected Mathematical Papers of Arthur Cayley

“Euclid avoids it [the treatment of the infinite]; in modern mathematics it is systematically introduced, for only then is generality obtained.”

Modern Infinite Mathematics Treatment Generalities Euclid

Author:Arthur Cayley

“Projective geometry is all geometry.”

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Author:Arthur Cayley

“Not that the propositions of geometry are only approximately true, but that they remain absolutely true in regard to that Euclidean space which has been so long regarded as being the physical space of our experience.”

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Author:Arthur Cayley

“So much the worse, it may be, for a particular meeting: but the meeting is the individual, which on evolution principles, must be sacrificed for the development of the race.”

May Individual Race Principles Particular Development Evolution Meetings

Book:The Collected Mathematical Papers of Arthur Cayley

Source: The Collected Mathematical Papers of Arthur Cayley

“And in another point of view, I think it is right that the address of a president should be on his own subject, and that different subjects should be thus brought in turn before the meetings.”

Thinking Should Different Turns President Views Subjects Meetings Point Of View Addresses Different Subjects

Book:The Collected Mathematical Papers of Arthur Cayley

Source: The Collected Mathematical Papers of Arthur Cayley

“But be that as it may, I think it is more respectful to you that I should speak to you upon and do my best to interest you in the subject which has occupied me, and in which I am myself most interested.”

Thinking Should May Speak Interest Subjects Respectful

Book:The Collected Mathematical Papers of Arthur Cayley

Source: The Collected Mathematical Papers of Arthur Cayley

“Metrical geometry is thus a part of descriptive geometry, and descriptive geometry is all geometry.”

Science Geometry

Author:Arthur Cayley

About the Author

Born: August 16, 1821
Died: January 26, 1895
Known for: Mathematician
Quotes: 8

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