The mathematics is not there till we put it there.

  • -- Arthur Eddington 爱丁顿

数学是不存在的,除非我们把它放在那里。

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Guided only by their feeling for symmetry, simplicity, and generality, and an indefinable sense of the fitness of things, creative mathematicians now, as in the past, are inspired by the art of mathematics rather than by any prospect of ultimate usefulness.

现在的创造性数学家和过去一样,只受他们对对称性、简明性和普遍性的感觉以及对事物适应性的一种无法定义的感觉的指导,他们受到数学艺术的启发,而不是受到任何最终有用的前景的启发。

The longer mathematics lives the more abstract - and therefore, possibly also the more practical - it becomes.

数学存在的时间越长,它就变得越抽象,因此也可能变得越实用。

If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.

如果我重新开始学习,我会听从柏拉图的建议,从数学开始。

Mathematicians are like managers - they want improvement without change.

数学家就像经理一样,他们需要的是无需改变的改进。