It is difficult and often impossible to judge the value of a problem correctly in advance; for the final award depends upon the gain which science obtains from the problem.


Mathematical Problems, Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, Volume 8, July 1902, (p. 438)


It is difficult and often impossible to judge the value of a problem correctly in advance; for the final award depends upon the gain which science...

It is difficult and often impossible to judge the value of a problem correctly in advance; for the final award depends upon the gain which science...

It is difficult and often impossible to judge the value of a problem correctly in advance; for the final award depends upon the gain which science...

It is difficult and often impossible to judge the value of a problem correctly in advance; for the final award depends upon the gain which science...