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If you have to prove a theorem, do not rush. First of all, understand fully what the theorem says, try to see…
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The elegance of a mathematical theorem is directly proportional to the number of independent ideas one can see in the theorem and…
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If the proof starts from axioms, distinguishes several cases, and takes thirteen lines in the text book ... it may give the…
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Quite often, when an idea that could be helpful presents itself, we do not appreciate it, for it is so inconspicuous. The…
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The world is anxious to admire that apex and culmination of modern mathematics: a theorem so perfectly general that no particular application…
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The first rule of discovery is to have brains and good luck. The second rule of discovery is to sit tight and…
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Mathematics is the cheapest science. Unlike physics or chemistry, it does not require any expensive equipment. All one needs for mathematics is…
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When introduced at the wrong time or place, good logic may be the worst enemy of good teaching.
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The tendency of those committed to the theory of catastrophic man-made global warming to unquestioningly adopt the assumptions, at every stage, that…
— Peter Lilley
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Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize…
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Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would be realize…
— Henry Miller
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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
— Swami Vivekananda
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Pedantry and mastery are opposite attitudes toward rules. To apply a rule to the letter, rigidly, unquestioningly, in cases where it fits…
— George Polya
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Dawkins considers that all faith is blind faith, and that Christian and Muslim children are brought up to believe unquestioningly. Not even…
— Terry Eagleton
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The discussions of every age are filled with the issues on which its leading schools of thought differ. But the general intellectual…
— Friedrich August von Hayek
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It happens to many teenagers-that moment when you feel full of resentment or distrust for those adults you once loved unquestioningly.
— John Irving
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