Quotes by Mark Kac

Mark Kac

… there are those who believe that mathematics can sustain itself and grow without any further contact with anything outside itself, and those who believe that nature is still and always will be one of the main (if not the main) sources of mathematical inspiration. The first group is identified as “pure mathematicians” (though “purist” would be more adequate) while the second is, with equal inadequacy, referred to as “applied”.

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A proof is that which convinces a reasonable man; a rigorous proof is that which convinces an unreasonable man.

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In recent years we have become much more preoccupied with streamlining and organizing our subject than with maintaining its overall vitality. If we are not careful, a great adventure of the mind will become yet another profession.

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There are surely worse things than being wrong, and being dull and pedantic are surely among them.

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Quotes by Mark Kac

Mark Kac

A proof is that which convinces a reasonable man; a rigorous proof is that which convinces an unreasonable man.

In recent years we have become much more preoccupied with streamlining and organizing our subject than with maintaining its overall vitality. If we are not careful, a great adventure of the mind will become yet another profession.

There are surely worse things than being wrong, and being dull and pedantic are surely among them.

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