Finite Simple Groups

Famous quotes containing the words finite, simple and/or groups:

    “The finite is annihilated in the presence of the infinite, and becomes a pure nothing. So our spirit before God, so our justice before divine justice.”
    —Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

    “I would like a simple life
    yet all night I am laying
    poems away in a long box.
    It is my immortality box,
    my lay-away plan,
    my coffin.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “Only the groups which exclude us have magic.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)