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At a purely formal level, one could call probability theory the study of measure spaces with total measure one, but that would be like calling number theory the study of strings of digits which terminate.
Terence Tao
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Counting is a less precise tool for infinite sets than for finite ones. The shepherdess who can count her flock of a hundred sheep will know if the wolf has taken one; but, if she has an infinite flock, she won't notice until almost all of her sheep have been lost.
Peter Cameron (mathematician)
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Reading a paper is a voluntary and demanding task, and a reader needs to be enticed and helped and stimulated by the author.
George Batchelor
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