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Mathematicians Quotes



"All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians."


"The greatest mathematicians, as Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss, always united theory and applications in equal measure."


"Mathematics is written for mathematicians."


"Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had better remain pure mathematicians."


"Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders."


"Mathematicians do not study objects, but relations between objects."



"As I say, there was this movement to try to bring philosophers and mathematicians together into an organization where they would talk to each other. An organization wasn't effective unless you had a journal. That's about all I know."


"Abel has left mathematicians enough to keep them busy for 500 years."


"The greatest problem for mathematicians now is probably the Riemann Hypothesis."


"Need we add that mathematicians themselves are not infallible?"
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