Memorable Mathematical Phrases
In all professions, the most prominent characters always have
expressions that reflect their experiences, points of view, discrepancies and
expectations, and personal concern about the activities to which they devote
their energies throughout their lives. Mathematics is one of them.
Mathematicians are born, they are not made. (Henri Poincaré,
French mathematician, his contribution to the algebraic topology are
remarkable)
Pure mathematicians are enthusiastic about solving unsolved
problems. They love the challenges (Andrew Wiles, English mathematician,
presented in 1995 the demonstration of Fermat's last Theorem, unbeatable for
350 years)
Give me a large enough lever and a point of support, and I
will move the world (Archimedes, Greek mathematician, presented the principle
that today is revealed in infinity of tools that we use in every field)
The great mathematicians such as Archimedes, Newton, Gauss
always combined theories and applications in equal amounts (Felix Klein, German
mathematician, do you remember the Klein Bottle, a topological structure that
has no interior or exterior?)
Mathematical patterns must be beautiful, beauty is the first
test; there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics (G.H.
Hardy, English mathematician, supported the great Indian self-taught
mathematician Ramanujan)
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