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A set is a Many that allows itself to be thought of as a One.
集合是允许自己被认为是一个整体的许多集合。
— Georg Cantor 康托
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更多好句 ↗If mathematics is to be understood widely, we need to emphasise its elegance and its applications. Sometimes it seems that universities want to emphasise how difficult it is!
要使数学得到广泛的理解，我们需要强调它的优雅及其应用。有时候，大学似乎想强调这是多么困难!
Johnny Ball
约翰尼·鲍尔
The mathematics is not there till we put it there.
数学是不存在的，除非我们把它放在那里。
Arthur Eddington
爱丁顿
A pure mathematical series would be one in which each term is derived from the preceding term by a rule.
一个纯数学级数应该是一个每一项都由前一项根据规则推导出来的级数。
George Oppen
乔治·奥朋
One can imagine that the ultimate mathematician is one who can see analogies between analogies.
可以想象，最终的数学家是一个能在类比之间看到类比的人。
Stefan Banach
斯特凡·巴纳赫
Maths is the purest science in that you don’t need any test tubes or animal testing to do it. All the other sciences eventually boil down to maths, apart from biology, which boils down to soup.
数学是最纯粹的科学，因为它不需要任何试管或动物实验。除了生物学可以归结为汤之外，其他所有的科学最终都归结为数学。
Guy Browning
盖伊·布朗宁
Pure mathematicians just love to try unsolved problems - they love a challenge.
纯粹的数学家只是喜欢尝试未解决的问题——他们喜欢挑战。
Andrew Wiles
安德鲁·怀尔斯