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Mathematicians quotes.
Mathematicians quotes.
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These are more or less famous quotes by mathematicians. Can you guess the correct missing words ?
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Mathematics is the art of giving ...
afwul names to nice things.
a new name to old things.
the same name to different things.
complicated names to simple things.
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... is the offer made by the devil to the mathematician. 'All you need to do, is give me your soul : give up geometry.'
Arithmetic
Logic
Set theory
Algebra
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The introduction of numbers as coordinates is ...
one of the strangest idea ever.
an act of violence.
uncalled for.
a key to geometry.
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If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated ... is.
life
physics
time
walking
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In mathematics the art of ... is more valuable than solving problems.
thinking in strange ways
asking questions
computing quickly
forgetting things
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The only two good things in life are doing mathematics and ...
learning it.
understanding it.
teaching it.
publishing it.
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The result of the mathematician's creative work is demonstrative reasoning, a proof; but the proof is discovered ...
by guessing.
by magic.
by creative thinking.
by using available methods.
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A mathematician is a machine for turning ... into theorems.
diagrams
thoughts
coffee
ink
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You know, for a mathematician, he did not have enough ... But he has become a poet and now he is fine.
patience
rigor
imagination
crazyness
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Young men should prove theorems, old men should ...
teach young ones.
write books.
take notes.
refute them.
