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The mathematician's patterns, like the painter's or the poet's must be beautiful; the ideas, like the colors or the words must fit together in a harmonious way. Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the this world for ugly mathematics.”- Godfrey Harold Hardy

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“Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.”- Godfrey Harold Hardy