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“REAL MATHEMATICS is not about just computing but it is about figuring out…Figuring out the truthfulness, reasoning behind specific event, patterns, determinism in chaotic processes etc.”
“You’re probably better at math than I am, because pretty much everyone’s better at math than I am, but it’s okay, I’m fine with it. See, I excel at other, more important things—guitar, sex, and con...”
“Tengo's lectures took on uncommon warmth, and the students found themselves swept up in his eloquence. He taught them how to practically and effectively solve mathematical problems while simultaneo...”
“As a teacher, Tengo pounded into his students' heads how voraciously mathematics demanded logic. Here things that could not be proven had no meaning, but once you had succeeded in proving something...”
