“I believe there are 15, 747, 724, 136, 275, 002, 577, 605, 653, 961, 181, 555, 468, 044, 717, 914, 527, 116, 709, 366, 231, 425, 076, 185, 631, 031, 296 protons in the universe and the same number of electrons.” BelieveUniverseI BelieveNumbersMathematicsMathematicalElectronsProton Author:Arthur Eddington
“Success is the result of hard work.” HardResultsHard WorkMathematicsHard Work Pays OffResults Of Hard Work Author:Thomas A. Edison
“The purpose of life is to conjecture and prove.” Life IsPurposeProveMathematicsPurpose Of LifeConjecture Author:Paul Erdos
“To parents who despair because their children are unable to master the first problems in arithmetic I can dedicate my examples. For, in arithmetic, until the seventh grade I was last or nearly last.” FirstsChildrenI CanProblemLastsParentExampleMastersDespairMathematicsGradesArithmeticSeventh Grade Author:Jacques Hadamard
“Don't just read it; fight it! Ask your own question, look for your own examples, discover your own proofs. Is the hypothesis necessary? Is the converse true? ... Where does the proof use the hypothesis?” LooksDoeUseFightingAsksExampleMathematicsProofMathematicalHypothesisConversesMath EducationMathematical Proof Author:Paul Halmos
“It saddens me that educated people don't even know that my subject exists.” PeopleKnowsSubjectsMathematicsEducated Author:Paul Halmos
“Mathematics is not a deductive science - that's a cliché... What you do is trial and error, experimentation, guesswork.” MathematicsErrorsMathTrialsMathematicalMathematicianExperimentationTheoremsMath And ScienceTrial And ErrorMathematics And ScienceMathematics By MathematiciansFunny MathematicsLearning MathGuessworkMathematical ProofMaths Funny Author:Paul Halmos
“If I could prove by logic that you would die in five minutes, I should be sorry you were going to die, but my sorrow would be very much mitigated by pleasure in the proof.” IfsShouldWould BeDiesPleasureFiveMinutesSorrowProveLogicMathematicsSorryProofIf I CouldFive Minutes Author:G. H. Hardy