Mathematics Consists Quotes
- If the proof starts from axioms, distinguishes several cases, and takes thirteen lines in the text book ... it may give the youngsters the impression… — George Polya
- The fact that all Mathematics is Symbolic Logic is one of the greatest discoveries of our age; and when this fact has been established, the… — Bertrand Russell
- We often hear that mathematics consists mainly of "proving theorems." Is a writer's job mainly that of "writing sentences?" — Gian-Carlo Rota
- The art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the germs of generality — David Hilbert
- The whole of mathematics consists in the organization of a series of aids to the imagination in the process of reasoning. — Alfred North Whitehead
- Mathematics consists in proving the most obvious thing in the least obvious way. — George Polya
- The heart of mathematics consists of concrete examples and concrete problems. Big general theories are usually afterthoughts based on small but profound insights; the insights… — Paul Halmos
- One of the chief triumphs of modern mathematics consists in having discovered what mathematics really is. — Bertrand Russell