Number Theory Quotes
- Mathematics is the queen of the sciences and arithmetic [number theory] is the queen of mathematics. She often condescends to render service to astronomy and… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
- One may say that mathematics talks about the things which are of no concern to men. Mathematics has the inhuman quality of starlight - brilliant,… — Hermann Weyl
- Music is part of Number Theory. Nowadays when a number-theorist applies for a grant, he says that it is good for security, but in those… — Hendrik Lenstra
- Recreational number theory [...] is that part of number theory that is too difficult to study. — Hendrik Lenstra
- [On Sophie Germain] When a person of the sex which, according to our customs and prejudices, must encounter infinitely more difficulties than men... succeeds nevertheless… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
- At a purely formal level, one could call probability theory the study of measure spaces with total measure one, but that would be like calling… — Terence Tao
- I chose to deal with the science of cryptography. Cryptography began in mathematics. Codes were developed, even from Caesar's time, based on number theory and… — Jim Sanborn