A tediously laborious proof may be a sign that the writer has been less than felicitous in expressing himself; but more often than not, as we know, it indicates that he has been laboring under limitations which prevented him from translating directly into words or formulas some very simple ideas.


In: Raymond George Ayoub, Musings of the Masters: An Anthology of Mathematical Reflections, History of Mathematics (p. 210)

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A tediously laborious proof may be a sign that the writer has been less than felicitous in expressing himself; but more often than not, as we know,...

A tediously laborious proof may be a sign that the writer has been less than felicitous in expressing himself; but more often than not, as we know,...

A tediously laborious proof may be a sign that the writer has been less than felicitous in expressing himself; but more often than not, as we know,...

A tediously laborious proof may be a sign that the writer has been less than felicitous in expressing himself; but more often than not, as we know,...