“If things are nice there is probably a good reason why they are nice: and if you do not know at least one reason for this good fortune, then you still have work to do.” IfsKnowsStillsReasonNiceMathematicsFortuneMathematicalReason WhyMathematicianGood FortuneMathematics By Mathematicians Author:Richard Askey
“Combinatorial analysis, in the trivial sense of manipulating binomial and multinomial coefficients, and formally expanding powers of infinite series by applications ad libitum and ad nauseamque of the multinomial theorem, represented the best that academic mathematics could do in the Germany of the late 18th century.” ScienceCenturyLateInfiniteMathematicsSeriesMathematicalAnalysisGermanyApplicationAdsAcademicExpandingTheorems18th Century Author:Richard Askey
