What did Oliver Heaviside mean by: Mathematics is an experimental science, and definitions do not come first, but later on. Oliver Heaviside Mathematician and electrical engineer · England Copy
The best result of mathematics is to be able to do without it. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Heaviside, Independence, Knowledge, Skill, 0 Oliver Heaviside Mathematician and electrical engineer · England
Shall I refuse my dinner because I do not fully understand the process of digestion? Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Heaviside, Acceptance, Ignorance, Rationalization, 0 Oliver Heaviside Mathematician and electrical engineer · England
That’s the problem with false proofs of true theorems; it’s not easy to produce a counterexample. Jeffrey Shallit
Logic and mathematics are nothing but specialised linguistic structures. Read explanation Jean Piaget Psychologist · Switzerland
Algebra is generous; she often gives more than is asked of her. Jean le Rond d'Alembert Mathematician and physicist · France
We have not begun to understand the relationship between combinatorics and conceptual mathematics. Jean Dieudonne
