Accepted Quote by Morris Kline

“[The error in the teaching of mathematics is that] mathematics is expected either to be immediately attractive to students on its own merits or to be accepted by students solely on the basis of the teacher's assurance that it will be helpful in later life. [And yet,] mathematlcs is the key to understanding and mastering our physical, social and biological worlds.”

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A proof tells us where to concentrate our doubts.

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A elegantly executed proof is a poem in all but the form in which it is written.

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“same phenomenon and concludes that the phenomenon will always occur. Conclusions obtained by induction seem well warranted”

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