Mathematical Statement

Famous quotes containing the words mathematical and/or statement:

    “The most distinct and beautiful statement of any truth must take at last the mathematical form.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “He has the common feeling of his profession. He enjoys a statement twice as much if it appears in fine print, and anything that turns up in a footnote ... takes on the character of divine revelation.”
    —Margaret Halsey (b. 1910)