Theorem Quotes

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The Open Source theorem says that if you give away source code, innovation will occur. Certainly, Unix was done this way... However, the corollary states… — Bill Joy
A reply to Olbers' attempt in 1816 to entice him to work on Fermat's Theorem. I confess that Fermat's Theorem as an isolated proposition has… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
The "seriousness" of a mathematical theorem lies, not in its practical consequences, which are usually negligible, but in the significance of the mathematical ideas which… — G. H. Hardy
Combinatorial analysis, in the trivial sense of manipulating binomial and multinomial coefficients, and formally expanding powers of infinite series by applications ad libitum and ad… — Richard Askey
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… — George Polya
Bells theorem dealt a shattering blow to Einsteins position by showing that the conception of reality as consisting of separate parts, joined by local connections,… — Fritjof Capra
Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this. — Lord Acton
Heaven is angered by my arrogance; my proof [of the four-color theorem] is also defective. — Hermann Minkowski
I took a break from acting for four years to get a degree in mathematics at UCLA, and during that time I had the rare… — Danica McKellar
The primes are the raw material out of which we have to build arithmetic, and Euclid's theorem assures us that we have plenty of material… — G. H. Hardy
This skipping is another important point. It should be done whenever a proof seems too hard or whenever a theorem or a whole paragraph does… — Emil Artin
The scientist has to take 95 per cent of his subject on trust. He has to because he can't possibly do all the experiments, therefore… — Christopher Zeeman
Humanism . . . is not a single hypothesis or theorem, and it dwells on no new facts. It is rather a slow shifting in… — William James
We re-make nature by the act of discovery, in the poem or in the theorem. And the great poem and the deep theorem are new… — Jacob Bronowski
...contemporary physicists come in two varieties. Type 1 physicists are bothered by EPR and Bell's Theorem. Type 2 (the majority) are not, but one has… — David Mermin
Bell's theorem...proves that quantum theory requires connections that appear to resemble telepathic communication. — Gary Zukav
The story does what no theorem can quite do. It may not be "like real life" in the superficial sense: but it sets before us… — C.S. Lewis
One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem. — Stephen Hawking
The Limbaugh Theorem was not about me giving me credit for something. It was simply sharing with you when the light went off. — Rush Limbaugh
Our offense is like the pythagorean theorem: There is no answer! — Shaquille O'Neal

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