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“What exactly is mathematics? Many have tried but nobody has really succeeded in defining mathematics; it is always something else.”

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In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are disconnected from external affairs. Some practice it as if using a drug. Chess sometimes plays a similar role. In their unhappiness over the events of this world, some immerse themselves in a kind of self-sufficiency in mathematics. (Some…

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Whatever is worth saying, can be stated in fifty words or less.

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