The spirit of mathematics is not captured by spending 3 hours solving 20 look-alike homework problems. Mathematics is thinking, comparing, analyzing, inventing, and understanding. The main point is not quantity or speedthe main point is quality of thought.The spirit of mathematics is not captured by spending 3 hours solving 20 look-alike homework problems. Mathematics is thinking, comparing, analyzing, inventing, and understanding. The main point is not quantity or speedthe main point is quality of thought.
mathematics
Download Image Share on X Share on Facebook

About This Quote

Related Quotes

“I should attempt to treat human vice and folly geometrically... the passions of hatred, anger, envy, and so on, considered in themselves, follow from the necessity and efficacy of nature... I shall...”
— Baruch Spinoza, Ethics
mathematics philosophy

“If you can't test it, it's not theorics -- it's metatheorics. A branch of philosophy. So, if you want to think of it this way, our test equipment is what defines the boundary separating theorics fr...”
— Neal Stephenson, Anathem
mathematics philosophy religion science

“Physicists have come to realize that mathematics, when used with sufficient care, is a proven pathway to truth.”
— Brian Greene
mathematics physics truth