In the "commentatio" (note presented to the Russian Academy) in which his theorem on polyhedra (on the number of faces, edges and… — George Polya Copy Share Image
Mathematicians can and do fill in gaps, correct errors, and supply more detail and more careful scholarship when they are called on… — William Thurston Copy Share Image
We live in a society where we're not taught how to deal with our weaknesses and frailties as human beings. We're not… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Thus, be it understood, to demonstrate a theorem, it is neither necessary nor even advantageous to know what it means. The geometer… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems; a better mathematician is one who can see analogies between proofs… — Stefan Banach Copy Share Image
To many, mathematics is a collection of theorems. For me, mathematics is a collection of examples; a theorem is a statement about… — John B. Conway Copy Share Image
God has the Big Book, the beautiful proofs of mathematical theorems are listed here. — Paul Erdos Copy Share Image
Heaven is angered by my arrogance; my proof [of the four-color theorem] is also defective. — Hermann Minkowski Copy Share Image
All theorems have three names: a French name, a German name, and a Russian name, each nationality having claimed to discover it… — Arthur Mattuck Copy Share Image
In a world in which the price of calculation continues to decrease rapidly, but the price of theorem proving continues to hold… — John Tukey Copy Share Image
Any effect, constant, theorem or equation named after Professor X was first discovered by Professor Y , for some value of Y… — John C. Baez Copy Share Image
