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In mathematics there is an empty canvas before you which can be filled without reference to external reality.

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I have often pondered over the roles of knowledge or experience, on the one hand, and imagination or intuition, on the other, in the process of discovery. I believe that there is a certain fundamental conflict between the two, and knowledge, by advocating caution, tends to inhibit the flight of imagination. Therefore, a certain naiveté, unburdened by conventional wisdom, can sometimes be a positive asset.

Harish-Chandra

Harish-Chandra

Harish-Chandra

Born: October 11, 1923

Died: October 16, 1983 (aged 60)

Bio: Harish-Chandra FRS was an Indian American mathematician and physicist who did fundamental work in representation theory, especially harmonic analysis on semisimple Lie groups.

Known for:

Harmonic Analysis on Reductive P-adic Groups (1970)
Automorphic Forms on Semisimple Lie Groups (1968)
Collected Papers II: 1955 - 1958
Collected Papers III: 1959 - 1968
Collected Papers IV: 1970 - 1983

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