“Mystery is an inescapable ingredient of mathematics. Mathematics is full of unanswered questions, which far outnumber known theorems and results. It's the nature of mathematics to pose more problems than it can solve. Indeed, mathematics itself may be built on small islands of truth comprising the pieces of mathematics that can be validated by relatively short proofs. All else is speculation.” MayProblemResultsKnownPiecesMysteryBuiltLogicMathematicsSolveProofCertaintyUncertaintyIslandsReasoningIngredientsSpeculationOntologyTheoremsUnanswered QuestionsUnanswered Author:Ivars Peterson
“Sprinkled along the waste of years Full many a soft green isle appears: Pause where we may upon the desert road, Some shelter is in sight, some sacred safe abode.” YearsMaySafeWasteSightSacredGreenDesertIslandsShelterPausesAbodeIsle Book:The Christian year, thoughts in verse for the Sundays and holydays throughout the year [by J. Keble]. [Another] Source: The Christian year, thoughts in verse for the Sundays and holydays throughout the year [by J. Keble]. [Another]