Timeline for Famous mathematical quotes
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| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
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| Nov 18, 2012 at 11:45 | comment | added | Niemi | Weyl surely loves to talk about the devil. | |
| Jan 31, 2011 at 1:42 | comment | added | Todd Trimble | Oh, and I swear that I wrote that before seeing Anton Petrunin's contribution! | |
| Jan 31, 2011 at 1:39 | comment | added | Todd Trimble | I actually think it refers to something Mephistophelian about algebra, as if such heights of abstraction are meant not for mortals, or such symbolic calculation lacks intuitive "soul". (That would be a tendentious way of putting it!) | |
| Nov 30, 2009 at 6:28 | comment | added | Harry Gindi | I never understood this quote, I mean, there's nasty algebra and nice algebra, so isn't that statement a bit strong? | |
| Nov 29, 2009 at 20:23 | history | answered | Charles Siegel | CC BY-SA 2.5 |