G. H. Hardy Quote

I believe that mathematical reality lies outside us, that our function is to discover or observe it, and that the theorems which we prove, and which we describe grandiloquently as our 'creations', are simply our notes of our observations.


A Mathematician's Apology (1940)


I believe that mathematical reality lies outside us, that our function is to discover or observe it, and that the theorems which we prove, and which...

I believe that mathematical reality lies outside us, that our function is to discover or observe it, and that the theorems which we prove, and which...

I believe that mathematical reality lies outside us, that our function is to discover or observe it, and that the theorems which we prove, and which...

I believe that mathematical reality lies outside us, that our function is to discover or observe it, and that the theorems which we prove, and which...