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.

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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.