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Firsts Quotes by George Polya
- The first rule of discovery is to have brains and good luck. The second rule of discovery is to sit tight and wait till you…
- If you have to prove a theorem, do not rush. First of all, understand fully what the theorem says, try to see clearly what it…
- Look around when you have got your first mushroom or made your first discovery: they grow in clusters.
- The future mathematician ... should solve problems, choose the problems which are in his line, meditate upon their solution, and invent new problems. By this…
- In order to translate a sentence from English into French two things are necessary. First, we must understand thoroughly the English sentence. Second, we must…
- The first rule of style is to have something to say. The second rule of style is to control yourself when, by chance, you have…
- The first and foremost duty of the high school in teaching mathematics is to emphasize methodical work in problem solving...The teacher who wishes to serve…
- In the "commentatio" (note presented to the Russian Academy) in which his theorem on polyhedra (on the number of faces, edges and vertices) was first…
- If you cannot solve the proposed problem try to solve first some related problem.
- One of the first and foremost duties of the teacher is not to give his students the impression that mathematical problems have little connection with…
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