Mathematics
- Infinitesimal calculus by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- Integral symbol by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- Leibniz's notation by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- Leibniz formula for π by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- Gaussian curvature by Carl Friedrich Gauss
- Gauss map by Carl Friedrich Gauss
- Gaussian elimination by Carl Friedrich Gauss
- Cantor–Bernstein–Schroeder theorem
- Cantor's theorem by Georg Cantor
- Cantor's first uncountability proof by Georg Cantor
- Cantor's diagonal argument by Georg Cantor
- Set theory by Georg Cantor
- Kepler conjecture by Johannes Kepler
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Famous quotes containing the word mathematics:
“It is a monstrous thing to force a child to learn Latin or Greek or mathematics on the ground that they are an indispensable gymnastic for the mental powers. It would be monstrous even if it were true.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“Mathematics alone make us feel the limits of our intelligence. For we can always suppose in the case of an experiment that it is inexplicable because we don’t happen to have all the data. In mathematics we have all the data ... and yet we don’t understand. We always come back to the contemplation of our human wretchedness. What force is in relation to our will, the impenetrable opacity of mathematics is in relation to our intelligence.”
—Simone Weil (1909–1943)
“Why does man freeze to death trying to reach the North Pole? Why does man drive himself to suffer the steam and heat of the Amazon? Why does he stagger his mind with the mathematics of the sky? Once the question mark has arisen in the human brain the answer must be found, if it takes a hundred years. A thousand years.”
—Walter Reisch (1903–1963)