Jacob T. Schwartz Quote

To find the simple in the complex, the finite in the infinite - that is not a bad description of the aim and essence of mathematics.


Discrete Thoughts: Essays on Mathematics, Science, and Philosophy, Chapter Seven (p. 64), Springer-Verlag. 1992


To find the simple in the complex, the finite in the infinite - that is not a bad description of the aim and essence of mathematics.

To find the simple in the complex, the finite in the infinite - that is not a bad description of the aim and essence of mathematics.

To find the simple in the complex, the finite in the infinite - that is not a bad description of the aim and essence of mathematics.

To find the simple in the complex, the finite in the infinite - that is not a bad description of the aim and essence of mathematics.