Timeline for Authorship and the exact wording of a quote about mathematics
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| Nov 12, 2015 at 8:26 | comment | added | Carlo Beenakker | "Obvious is the most dangerous word in mathematics." (E.T. Bell) | |
| Nov 12, 2015 at 6:14 | comment | added | Igor Makhlin | And yes, more related quotes are very welcome! | |
| Nov 12, 2015 at 6:07 | comment | added | Igor Makhlin | @GerryMyerson No, I don't think so. Of course, many mathematicians are likely to have said something to a similar effect, which lowers my chances of finding that specific quote. But thank you anyway, this quote (as well as Gromov's one above) seems to actually be more interesting than the one I am looking for. | |
| Nov 12, 2015 at 5:49 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | Are you thinking of this: mathoverflow.net/questions/7155/famous-mathematical-quotes/… | |
| Nov 12, 2015 at 5:38 | comment | added | Suvrit | reminds me of related words of Gromov, e.g., as quoted here: quomodocumque.wordpress.com/2013/01/19/… | |
| Nov 12, 2015 at 5:21 | history | asked | Igor Makhlin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |