Elegant Quote by Stanislaw Ulam Download Open image “It is not so much whether a theorem is useful that matters, but how elegant it is.” — Stanislaw Ulam ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Elegant Matter Theorems
The elegance of a mathematical theorem is directly proportional to the number of independent ideas one can see in the theorem and inversely proportional… — George Polya Copy Share Image
In many cases a dull proof can be supplemented by a geometric analogue so simple and beautiful that the truth of a theorem is… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
MacPherson told me that my theorem can be viewed as blah blah blah Grothendieck blah blah blah, which makes it much more respectable. — Jim Propp Copy Share Image
Thus, be it understood, to demonstrate a theorem, it is neither necessary nor even advantageous to know what it means ... — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
The "seriousness" of a mathematical theorem lies, not in its practical consequences, which are usually negligible, but in the significance of the mathematical ideas… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
I have found a very great number of exceedingly beautiful theorems. — Pierre de Fermat Copy Share Image
“The beauty of a mathematical theorem depends a great deal on its seriousness, as even in poetry the beauty of a line may depend… — G.H. Hardy Copy Share Image
Thus, be it understood, to demonstrate a theorem, it is neither necessary nor even advantageous to know what it means. The geometer might be… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
The greatest unsolved theorem in mathematics is why some people are better at it than others. — Adrian Mathesis Copy Share Image
According to recent studies, at least one star out of three is multiple. — Stanislaw Ulam Copy Share Image
In mathematics, as in physics, so much depends on chance, on a propitious moment. — Stanislaw Ulam Copy Share Image
In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are disconnected from… — Stanislaw Ulam Copy Share Image
Mathematics may be a way of developing physically, that is anatomically, new connections in the brain. — Stanislaw Ulam Copy Share Image
In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are disconnected from… — Stanislaw Ulam Copy Share Image
He [John von Neumann] had the invaluable faculty of being able to take the most difficult problem and separate it into its components, whereupon… — Stanislaw Ulam Copy Share Image
It is still an unending source of surprise for me how a few scribbles on a blackboard or on a piece of paper can… — Stanislaw Ulam Copy Share Image
One conversation centered on the ever accelerating progress of technology and changes in the mode of human life, which gives the appearance of approaching… — Stanislaw Ulam Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel that a more rational explanation for all that has happened during my lifetime is that I am still only thirteen years… — Stanislaw Ulam Copy Share Image
Thinking very hard about the same problem for several hours can produce a severe fatigue, close to a breakdown. I never really experienced a… — Stanislaw Ulam Copy Share Image
I swam with my first shark in the 1980s. I was 20 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, working with a group of… — Brian Skerry Copy Share Image
This is a time in my life where I'm gonna behave like an elegant human being. Or not. — Elaine Stritch Copy Share Image
Even if I did have, you know, a 'Sports Illustrated' body, I'd still wear elegant clothes. — Adele Copy Share Image
My dad had a personal style which was very attractive. It was quite reserved and quite elegant, and it was infectious. — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a lot of… — Wyclef Jean Copy Share Image
The acute experience of great beauty readily evokes a nameless yearning for something more than earth can offer. Elegant splendor reawakens our spirit's aching… — Thomas Dubay Copy Share Image
We endeavour to employ only symmetrical figures, such as should not only be an aid to reasoning, through the sense of sight, but should… — John Venn Copy Share Image
In mathematics, if I find a new approach to a problem, another mathematician might claim that he has a better, more elegant solution. In… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
It is by far the most elegant worship, hardly excepting the Greek mythology. What with incense, pictures, statues, altars, shrines, relics, and the real… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
A model is a good model if first it interprets a wide range of observations in terms of a simple and elegant model, and… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Engineers love to optimize problems. Now I optimize logistical problems. I ask: 'What's the goal? What are our constraints? What is the optimal, elegant… — Ruchi Sanghvi Copy Share Image
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