Howard Whitley Eves Quotes
- It is impossible to overstate the imporance of problems in mathematics. It is by means of problems that mathematics develops and actually lifts itself by…
- There is a distinction between what may be called a problem and what may be considered an exercise. The latter serves to drill a student…
- A formal manipulator in mathematics often experiences the discomforting feeling that his pencil surpasses him in intelligence.
- Mathematics may be likened to a large rock whose interior composition we wish to examine. The older mathematicians appear as persevering stone cutters slowly attempting…
- A good problem should be more than a mere exercise; it should be challenging and not too easily solved by the student, and it should…