It is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician. Augustus de Morgan

  • -- Augustus de Morgan 德摩根

与数学家周旋相比,求圆的平方要容易得多。 奥古斯都•德•摩根

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Guided only by their feeling for symmetry, simplicity, and generality, and an indefinable sense of the fitness of things, creative mathematicians now, as in the past, are inspired by the art of mathematics rather than by any prospect of ultimate usefulness.

现在的创造性数学家和过去一样,只受他们对对称性、简明性和普遍性的感觉以及对事物适应性的一种无法定义的感觉的指导,他们受到数学艺术的启发,而不是受到任何最终有用的前景的启发。

Knowing that Gene and Morgan were playing those roles made it much easier to put the script together-we knew who we were writing it for. It took some mystery away.

知道吉恩和摩根在扮演这些角色后,把剧本合在一起就容易多了——我们知道是为谁写的。它带走了一些神秘。

Being generous or doing things for others actually makes me feel good so I don't do it because I hope karma will come round and get me and I'll benefit from it.

慷慨大方或为他人做事实际上会让我感觉很好,所以我不这样做,因为我希望因果报应会降临,让我受益。

A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.

数学家就像画家或诗人一样,是图案的制造者。如果说他的模式比他们的更持久,那是因为它们是由思想构成的。

We are still confident as a team that we will make it through to the final Cup qualifying round.

作为一支球队,我们仍然充满信心,我们将会进入世界杯预选赛的最后一轮。

The more restrictions you have, the easier anything is to write.

限制越多,编写起来就越容易。