If we have no idea why a statement is true, we can still prove it by induction. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gian-Carlo Rota, Induction, Proof, Understanding, 0 Gian-Carlo Rota Copy
God created infinity, and man, unable to understand infinity, had to invent finite sets. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gian-Carlo Rota, Creation, Limitation, Understanding, 0 Gian-Carlo Rota Copy
The progress of mathematics can be viewed as progress from the infinite to the finite. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gian-Carlo Rota, Finite, Infinite, Progress, 0 Gian-Carlo Rota Copy
Theorems are not to mathematics what successful courses are to a meal. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gian-Carlo Rota, Comparison, Importance, Purpose, 0 Gian-Carlo Rota Copy
The advice we give others is the advice that we ourselves need. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gian-Carlo Rota, Empathy, Reflection, Self-awareness, 0 Gian-Carlo Rota Copy
I have the impression that if he didn’t complicate his life so needlessly, he would die of boredom. Boris Pasternak Poet · Russia
Passion and desire bind your Heart. Remove the locks. Become a key, become a key . . . Read explanation Rumi Poet · Persia
Ennui is the disease of hearts without feeling, and of minds without resources. Madame Roland Politician · France
