#math

Mathematics is as old as Man. ↗

— Stefan Banach

#mathematics #old

A sane mind should not be guilty of a logical fallacy, yet there are very fine minds incapable of following mathematical demonstrations. ↗

— Henri Poincare

#fallacy #fine #following #guilty #incapable

It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity. ↗

— George Boole

#ideas #mathematics #number #quantity

As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can be perceived but not explained. ↗

— Arthur Cayley

#else #everything #explained #mathematical #perceived

I don't feel any different than I did when I was 40. But I realize mathematically, I'm equidistant between that and 80. I'll keep doing this for a while, but I'm not going to be one of these people who hang on just for the sake of being on the air. ↗

— Bob Costas

#any #being #between #did #different

For scholars and laymen alike it is not philosophy but active experience in mathematics itself that can alone answer the question: What is mathematics? ↗

— Richard Courant

#alike #alone #answer #experience #itself

I had become interested in economics, an interest that was transformed into a lifetime dedication when I met with the mathematical theory of general economic equilibrium. ↗

— Gerard Debreu

#dedication #economic #economics #equilibrium #general

There should be no such thing as boring mathematics. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#mathematics #should #such #thing

I did grow up with a really big interest in math and science; I liked it. ↗

— Linda M. Godwin

#did #grow #grow up #i #interest

I continued to study Math and Physics on my own, but one and a half years later I realized that I did want to be a composer, and after that I never changed my mind. ↗

— Gyorgy Legeti

#changed #composer #continued #did #half