A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.

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Hardy is credited with reforming British mathematics by bringing rigour into it which was previously a characteristic of French Swiss and German mathematics. ; Littlewood J.

". H. " Hardy FRS (7 February 1877 – 1 December 1947) was an English mathematician known for his achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis.