Rigor is to the mathematician what morality is to man. It does not consist in proving everything, but in maintaining a sharp distinction between what is assumed and what is proved, and in endeavoring to assume as little as possible at every stage.


Mathematical Teaching in Universities, The American Mathematical Monthly, Volume 61, Number 1, January, 1954 (p. 35)

André Weil Quotes

Rigor is to the mathematician what morality is to man. It does not consist in proving everything, but in maintaining a sharp distinction between what ...

Rigor is to the mathematician what morality is to man. It does not consist in proving everything, but in maintaining a sharp distinction between what ...

Rigor is to the mathematician what morality is to man. It does not consist in proving everything, but in maintaining a sharp distinction between what ...

Rigor is to the mathematician what morality is to man. It does not consist in proving everything, but in maintaining a sharp distinction between what ...