Quotes About Mathematics

Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

Pure mathematics is in its way the poetry of logical ideas.

Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity I do not understand it myself any more.

We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.

This is a question too difficult for a mathematician. It should be asked of a philosopher(when asked about completing his income tax form)

In the judgment of the most competent living mathematicians, Fraulein Noether was the most significant mathematical genius thus far produced since the higher education of women began.

The golden proportion] is a scale of proportions which makes the bad difficult [to produce] and the good easy.

How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought independent of experience, is so admirably appropriate to the objects of reality?

Is human reason, then, without experience, merely by taking thought, able to fathom the properties of real things. In my opinion the answer to this question is, briefly, this:--As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

The best that Gauss has given us was likewise an exclusive production. If he had not created his geometry of surfaces, which served Riemann as a basis, it is scarcely conceivable that anyone else would have discovered it. I do not hesitate to confess that to a certain extent a similar pleasure may be found by absorbing ourselves in questions of pure geometry.

It is my conviction that pure mathematical construction enables us to discover the concepts and the laws connecting them, which give us the key to the understanding of the phenomena of nature.

Mathematics is the poetry of logic and the music of reason.

The creative principle [of science] resides in mathematics.

Sólo Riemann, incomprendido y solitario, se preocupó por establecer una nueva concepción del espacio en la que se segregaba al espacio de su inmovilidad y se posibilitaba su participación en los sucesos físicos.

I admire the elegance of his calculation method; it must be great to ride those fields on the horse of genuine mathematics while we have to do our hard work on foot

How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which is independent of experience, is so admirably appropriate to the objects of reality?

Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. - Albert Einstein (Something just for me to keep in mind)

Pongileoni se întrecu pe sine în Badineria final?. Axiomele euclidiene se înl?nÈ›uiau vesel cu formele de statistic? elementar?. Aritmetica f?cea un chef turbat, iar algebra s?rea dezordonat. Muzica se sfîrÈ™i într-o orgie de bun? dispoziÈ›ie matematic?.

You know the formula: m over nought equals infinity, m being any positive number? Well, why not reduce the equation to a simpler form by multiplying both sides by nought? In which case, you have m equals infinity times nought. That is to say that a positive number is the product of zero and infinity. Doesn't that demonstrate the creation of the universe by an infinite power out of nothing?

You think that because you understand "one" that you must therefore understand "two" because one and one make two. But you forget that you must also understand "and.

The world is nonlinear. Trying to make it linear for our mathematical or administrative convenience is not usually a good idea even when feasible, and it is rarely feasible.

Because we bump into reinforcing loops so often, it is handy to know this shortcut: The time it takes for an exponentially growing stock to double in size, the "doubling time," equals approximately 70 divided by the growth rate (expressed as a percentage). Example: If you put $100 in the bank at 7% interest per year, you will double your money in 10 years (70 ÷ 7 = 10). If you get only 5% interest, your money will take 14 years to double.

I only know that when I study mathematics, I transport myself to another world, a world of exquisite beauty and truth. And in that world I am the person I like to be.