The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into their prime factors is known to be one of the most important and useful in arithmetic.

  • -- Carl Friedrich Gauss 高斯

素数与合数的区别问题以及将合数分解为素数因子的问题是算术中最重要和最有用的问题之一。

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The desire to economize time and mental effort in arithmetical computations, and to eliminate human liability to error is probably as old as the science of arithmetic itself.

在算术计算中节省时间和脑力的愿望,以及消除人类易犯错误的倾向,可能和算术科学本身一样古老。

It's important that I make a difference in some way. It's not necessarily how I make a difference, but I want to make sure that I do.

重要的是我要在某些方面有所作为。这并不一定是我如何做出改变,但我想确保我做到了。

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

最难掌握的算术是能让我们计算自己的幸福。

Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

学问,名词。区分好学的人的那种无知。

Kiss me and you will see how important I am.

吻我,你就会知道我有多重要。