No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it also gives the impression of being beautiful.

  • -- George John Boole 乔治·约翰·布尔

无论一个数学定理看起来多么正确,一个人永远不应该满足于它没有什么不完美,直到它也给人一种美丽的印象。

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Pure mathematics is on the whole distinctly more useful than applied. For what is useful above all is technique, and mathematical technique is taught mainly through pure mathematics.

从整体上看,纯数学明显比应用数学更有用。因为最重要的是技术,而数学技术主要是通过纯数学来教授的。

Its a mathematical fact that two negatives make a positive so even under adverse circumstances think positively.

这是一个数学事实,负负得正,所以即使在不利的情况下也要积极思考。