The mathematics is not there till we put it there.

-- Arthur Eddington 爱丁顿

数学是不存在的，除非我们把它放在那里。

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The traditional mathematician recognizes and appreciates mathematical elegance when he sees it. I propose to go one step further, and to consider elegance an essential ingredient of mathematics: if it is clumsy, it is not mathematics.

传统的数学家看到数学的优雅时，会承认并欣赏它。我建议更进一步，认为优雅是数学的一个基本要素:如果它笨拙，它就不是数学。

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I finally reached the conclusion that mathematics was the study I was best fitted to follow, though I did not clearly see in what way I should turn the subject to account.

我终于得出结论，数学是我最适合从事的研究，尽管我不清楚该用什么方法来解释这个问题。

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Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.

数学家们站在彼此的肩膀上。

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