The phenomenon of creativity, we know, is closely related to the ability to yoke together separate, and even seemingly incompatible, matrices. — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
It is my experience that proofs involving matrices can be shortened by 50% if one throws the matrices out. — Emil Artin Copy Share Image
We [he and Halmos] share a philosophy about linear algebra: we think basis-free, we write basis-free , but when the chips are… — Irving Kaplansky Copy Share Image
I was appalled to find that the mathematical notation on which I had been raised failed to fill the needs of the… — Kenneth E. Iverson Copy Share Image