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Ronald Graham

(1935–2020) Mathematician

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Ronald Graham was a mathematician, best known for The aluminium industry and the Third World.

Quick Facts About Ronald Graham

Born: October 31, 1935
Died: July 6, 2020
Profession: Mathematician
Notable works: The aluminium industry and the Third World

About Ronald Graham

Ronald Lewis Graham was an American mathematician credited by the American Mathematical Society as "one of the principal architects of the rapid development worldwide of discrete mathematics in recent years". He was president of both the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America, and his honors included the Leroy P. Steele Prize for lifetime achievement and election to the National Academy of Sciences.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Ronald Graham

Math is sometimes called the science of patterns.

Math

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The ultimate goal of mathematics is to eliminate all need for intelligent thought.

Education

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Well, as you know, there are 24 hours in every day. And if that's not enough, you've always got the nights!

Enough

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It wouild be very discouraging if somewhere down the line you could ask a computer if the Riemann hypothesis is correct and…

Able

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Someone has said that all the great jugglers are dead.

Jugglers

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I was reminded of the Sydney Harris cartoon that said 'adding two numbers that have not been added before does not constitute…

Breakthrough

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A lot of the high-level sports are really in your mind.

High level

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Someone has remarked that 'An ideal math talk should have one proof and one joke and they should not be the same'.

Ideals

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Some people think that mathematics is a serious business that must always be cold and dry; but we think mathematics is fun,…

Answers

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Juggling is sometimes called the art of controlling patterns, controlling patterns in time and space.

Art

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Incidentally, when we're faced with a "prove or disprove," we're usually better off trying first to disprove with a counterexample, for two…

Assertion

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The trouble with integers is that we have examined only the very small ones. Maybe all the exciting stuff happens at really…

Berries

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AB=1/4((A+B)^2-(A-B)^2) is an amazing identity, and unfortunately, I have to remind my current students how to prove it.

Currents

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It would be very discouraging if somewhere down the line you could ask a computer if the Riemann hypothesis is correct and…

Able

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