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“Do you know what the mathematical expression is for longing? ... The negative numbers. The formalization of the feeling that you are missing something.”
― Peter Høeg, Smilla's Sense of Snow

tags: lack, longing, mathematics, missing, negative-numbers

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“I know numbers are beautiful. If they aren't beautiful, nothing is.”
― Paul Erdős

tags: beauty, mathematics, numbers

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“It appeared that way, Lawrence, but this raised the question of was mathematics really true or was it just a game played with symbols? In other words—are we discovering Truth, or just wanking?”
― Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

tags: mathematics

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“Mathematicians need only peace of mind and occasionally, paper and pencil.”
― Paul Hoffman, The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth

tags: mathematics

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“Mathematical truth is immutable; it lies outside physical reality... This is our belief; this is our core motivating force.”
― Joel Spencer

tags: mathematics, motivating

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LThMath Book Club — 317 members — last activity Jan 26, 2022 08:18AM
In the past year I have wanted to read more books on mathematics, mathematicians and the history of mathematics. After half a year, I realized that it ...more

Math is great! — 276 members — last activity Jan 12, 2017 10:57PM
A collection of books about math, from puzzles to history, to unsolved problems, math education, to just downright interesting stuff about math. Come ...more

Mathematics Students — 571 members — last activity Aug 11, 2022 03:15AM
This group is for people interested in mathematics at the college level. All are welcome. Professor and students never stop learning mathematics, henc ...more