No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it also gives the impression of being beautiful.

  • -- George John Boole 乔治·约翰·布尔

无论一个数学定理看起来多么正确,一个人永远不应该满足于它没有什么不完美,直到它也给人一种美丽的印象。

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To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself with positive numbers.

在我看来,只强调美就像一个数学系统,只关注它自己的正数。

The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.

自然法则不过是上帝的数学思想。