Gian-Carlo Rota Quote

The progress of mathematics can be viewed as progress from the infinite to the finite.


Indiscrete Thoughts, Chapter XX (p. 214), Birkhäuser. 1997


The progress of mathematics can be viewed as progress from the infinite to the finite.

The progress of mathematics can be viewed as progress from the infinite to the finite.

The progress of mathematics can be viewed as progress from the infinite to the finite.

The progress of mathematics can be viewed as progress from the infinite to the finite.