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Hermann Weyl was a German mathematician born on November 9, 1885, and died on December 8, 1955. He made significant contributions to various fields of mathematics, including algebra, geometry, group theory, and mathematical physics, which had a profound impact on the development of mathematics in the 20th century.

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“One may say that mathematics talks about the things which are of no concern to men. Mathematics has the inhuman quality of starlight - brilliant, sharp but cold ... thus we are clearest where knowledge matters least: in mathematics, especially number theory.”

Men May Matter Numbers Quality Theory Cold Concern Mathematics Brilliant Inhuman Starlight

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“Mathematics has the inhuman quality of starlight, brilliant and sharp, but cold.”

Quality Cold Mathematics Brilliant Inhuman Starlight

Book:Levels of Infinity: Selected Writings on Mathematics and Philosophy

Source: Levels of Infinity: Selected Writings on Mathematics and Philosophy

“... numbers have neither substance, nor meaning, nor qualities. They are nothing but marks, and all that is in them we have put into them by the simple rule of straight succession.”

Simple Numbers Quality Mark Simplicity Mathematical Substance Succession

Book:Riemanns geometrische Ideen, ihre Auswirkung und ihre Verknüpfung mit der Gruppentheorie

Source: Riemanns geometrische Ideen, ihre Auswirkung und ihre Verknüpfung mit der Gruppentheorie

About the Author

Born: November 9, 1885
Died: December 8, 1955
Known for: Mathematician
Quotes: 29

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