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> [“ He is like the fox, who effaces his tracks in the sand with his tail. { Describing the writing style of famous mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss }”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-henrik-abel/he-is-like-the-fox-who-effaces-his-tracks-in-the-sand-with-his-tail/)

[Niels Henrik Abel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-henrik-abel/)

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> [He is like the fox, who effaces his tracks in the sand with his tail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-henrik-abel/he-is-like-the-fox-who-effaces-his-tracks-in-the-sand-with-his-tail-2/)

[Niels Henrik Abel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-henrik-abel/)

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## More by Niels Henrik Abel

> [By studying the masters and not their pupils.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-henrik-abel/by-studying-the-masters-and-not-their-pupils/)

[Niels Henrik Abel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-henrik-abel/)

> [Until now the theory of infinite series in general has been very badly grounded. One applies all the operations to infinite series as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-henrik-abel/until-now-the-theory-of-infinite-series-in-general-has-been-very/)

[Niels Henrik Abel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-henrik-abel/)

> [There are very few theorems in advanced analysis which have been demonstrated in a logically tenable manner. Everywhere one finds this miserable way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-henrik-abel/there-are-very-few-theorems-in-advanced-analysis-which-have-been/)

[Niels Henrik Abel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-henrik-abel/)

> [With the exception of the geometrical series, there does not exist in all of mathematics a single infinite series the sum of which has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-henrik-abel/with-the-exception-of-the-geometrical-series-there-does-not-exist-in/)

[Niels Henrik Abel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-henrik-abel/)

> [It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-henrik-abel/it-appears-to-me-that-if-one-wants-to-make-progress-in-mathematics/)

[Niels Henrik Abel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-henrik-abel/)

> [The divergent series are the invention of the devil, and it is a shame to base on them any demonstration whatsoever. By using them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-henrik-abel/the-divergent-series-are-the-invention-of-the-devil-and-it-is-a-shame/)

[Niels Henrik Abel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-henrik-abel/)

> [I shall devote all my efforts to bring light into the immense obscurity that today reigns in Analysis. It so lacks any plan or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-henrik-abel/i-shall-devote-all-my-efforts-to-bring-light-into-the-immense/)

[Niels Henrik Abel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-henrik-abel/)

> [“ He is like the fox, who effaces his tracks in the sand with his tail. { Describing the writing style of famous mathematician…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-henrik-abel/he-is-like-the-fox-who-effaces-his-tracks-in-the-sand-with-his-tail/)

[Niels Henrik Abel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-henrik-abel/)

> [He is like the fox, who effaces his tracks in the sand with his tail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-henrik-abel/he-is-like-the-fox-who-effaces-his-tracks-in-the-sand-with-his-tail-2/)

[Niels Henrik Abel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-henrik-abel/)

> [The mathematicians have been very much absorbed with finding the general solution of algebraic equations, and several of them have tried to prove the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-henrik-abel/the-mathematicians-have-been-very-much-absorbed-with-finding-the/)

[Niels Henrik Abel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-henrik-abel/)

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