Carl Friedrich Gauss Quote

One should not forget that the functions, like all mathematical constructions, are only our own creation, and that when the definition with which one begins ceases to make sense, one should not ask, what is, but what is convenient to assume in order that it [remain] significant.


In: Bryan H. Bunch, Mathematical Fallacies and Paradoxes


One should not forget that the functions, like all mathematical constructions, are only our own creation, and that when the definition with which one ...

One should not forget that the functions, like all mathematical constructions, are only our own creation, and that when the definition with which one ...

One should not forget that the functions, like all mathematical constructions, are only our own creation, and that when the definition with which one ...

One should not forget that the functions, like all mathematical constructions, are only our own creation, and that when the definition with which one ...