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“Every dimension is special.”

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Jeffrey Lagarias is a renowned mathematician born on November 16, 1949. He has made significant contributions to the fields of combinatorial mathematics, number theory, and computational mathematics. more

“Mathematical study and research are very suggestive of mountaineering. Whymper made several efforts before he climbed the Matterhorn in the 1860's and even then it cost the life of four of his party. Now, however, any tourist can be hauled up for a small cost, and perhaps does not appreciate the difficulty of the original ascent. So in mathematics, it may be found hard to realise the great initial difficulty of making a little step which now seems so natural and obvious, and it may not be surprising if such a step has been found and lost again.”

“But as Nature is the best guide, teaching must be the development of natural inclinations, for which purpose the teacher must watch his pupil and listen to him, not continually bawl words into his ears as if pouring water into a funnel. Good teaching will come from a mind well made rather than well filled.”

Ifs Mind Wells Made Purpose Water Natural Watches Teacher Teaching Development Ears Mathematics Filled Guides Mathematical Inclination Pupils Pouring Good Teaching

Author:Michel de Montaigne

“Sometimes a good idea comes to you when you are not looking for it. Through an improbable combination of coincidence, naivete and lucky mistakes.”

Ideas Sometimes Science Mistake Lucky Mathematics Mathematical Combination Good Ideas Coincidence Improbable Naivete

Author:Kary Mullis

“Everyone else would climb a peak by looking for a path somewhere in the mountain. Nash would climb another mountain altogether and from that distant peak would shine a searchlight back onto the first peak.”

Firsts Path Mountain Mathematics Shining Mathematical Climbs

Author:Donald J. Newman

“... and it is probably that there is some secret here which remains to be discovered.”

Secret Mathematics Remains Mathematical

Book:The Essential Peirce, Volume 1: Selected Philosophical Writings? (1867–1893)

Source: The Essential Peirce, Volume 1: Selected Philosophical Writings? (1867–1893)

“Mathematics is persistent intellectual honesty.”

Honesty Intellectual Mathematics Mathematical Persistent Intellectual Honesty

Author:Moses Aaron Richardson

“I like to think of mathematicians as forming a nation of our own without distinctions of geographical origin, race, creed, sex, age or even time... all dedicated to the most beautiful of the arts and sciences.”

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Author:Julia Robinson

“A felicitous but unproved conjecture may be of much more consequence for mathematics than the proof of many a respectable theorem.”

May Consequence Mathematics Proof Mathematical Respectable Theorems Conjecture

Author:Atle Selberg

“It strikes me that mathematical writing is similar to using a language. To be understood you have to follow some grammatical rules. However, in our case, nobody has taken the trouble of writing down the grammar; we get it as a baby does from parents, by imitation of others. Some mathematicians have a good ear; some not (and some prefer the slangy expressions such as 'iff'). That's life.”

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Author:Jean-Pierre Serre

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