Jacob Bains

“DEFINITION 1-2. The set S has a topology (or is topologized) provided that, for every point p in S and every subset X of S, the question “Is p a limit point of X?” can be answered.”
― John G. Hocking, Topology

“He who plays for the ultimate prize must risk the ultimate stakes.”
― Alexander C. Irvine, Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars Prose Novel

“No is the wildest word we consign to the language,”
― Brenda Wineapple, Ecstatic Nation: Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848-1877

“Platonist view of mathematical ideas: that mathematical truths ‘really’ exist, but they do so in an ideal form in some sort of parallel reality, which has always existed and always will.”
― Ian Stewart, Significant Figures: The Lives and Work of Great Mathematicians