Thursday, February 7, 2019

Two Quotes About Patterns, Poetry, And Mathematics

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A mathematician who is not
something of a poet
will never be
a complete mathematician

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Mathematics
is the classification
and study of all
possible patterns

W. W. SAWYER

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Footnote
Both quotes appear in Sawyer's book
Prelude to Mathematics
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