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> [...the source of all great mathematics is the special case, the concrete example. It is frequent in mathematics that every instance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-halmos/the-source-of-all-great-mathematics-is-the-special-case-the-concrete/)

[Paul Halmos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-halmos/)

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> [Great mathematics is achieved by solving difficult problems not by fabricating elaborate theories in search of a problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-davenport/great-mathematics-is-achieved-by-solving-difficult-problems-not-by/)

[Harold Davenport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-davenport/)

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> [There are two ways to do great mathematics. The first is to be smarter than everybody else. The second way is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-bott/there-are-two-ways-to-do-great-mathematics-the-first-is-to-be-smarter/)

[Raoul Bott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-bott/)

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> [ In \[great mathematics\] there is a very high degree of unexpectedness, combined with inevitability and economy. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-h-hardy/in-great-mathematics-there-is-a-very-high-degree-of-unexpectedness/)

[G. H. Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-h-hardy/)

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