"A great part of its [higher arithmetic] theories……" — Carl Friedrich Gauss
"A great part of its [higher arithmetic] theories derives an additional charm from the peculiarity that important propositions, with the impress of simplicity on them, are often easily discovered by induction, and yet are of so profound a character that we cannot find the demonstrations till after many vain attempts; and even then, when we do succeed, it is often by some tedious and artificial process, while the simple methods may long remain concealed."
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Carl Friedrich Gauss
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57 Quotes by Carl Friedrich Gauss
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