Numbers Quote by G. H. Hardy

“No one has yet discovered any warlike purpose to be served by the theory of numbers or relativity, and it seems unlikely that anyone will do so for many years.”

G. H. Hardy

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They [formulae 1.10 - 1.12 of Ramanujan] must be true because, if they were not true, no one would have had the imagination to invent them.

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Asked if he believes in one G-d, a mathematician answered: "Yes, up to isomorphism".

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