Barry Mazur Quote

In the history of the concept of number, number has been adjective (three cows, three monads) and noun (three, pure and simple), and now.... number seems to be more like a verb (to triple).

Imagining Numbers, Part II, Chapter 8, Section 37 (p. 138)

In the history of the concept of number, number has been adjective (three cows, three monads) and noun (three, pure and simple), and now.... number...

In the history of the concept of number, number has been adjective (three cows, three monads) and noun (three, pure and simple), and now.... number...

In the history of the concept of number, number has been adjective (three cows, three monads) and noun (three, pure and simple), and now.... number...

In the history of the concept of number, number has been adjective (three cows, three monads) and noun (three, pure and simple), and now.... number...