“[Mathematics is] purely intellectual, a pure theory of forms, which has for its objects not the combination of quantities or their images, the numbers, but things of thought to which there could correspond effective objects or relations, even though such a correspondence is not necessary.”
Quote by Hermann Hankel
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Hermann Hankel
Hermann Hankel was a German mathematician known for his work in the field of mathematical analysis. Born on February 14, 1839, and died on August 29, 1873, Hankel made significant contributions to the development of integral equation theory and function theory. more
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