James Joseph Sylvester Quote

Geometry formerly was the chief borrower from arithmetic and algebra, but it has since repaid its obligations with abundant usury...


The Collected Mathematical Papers of James Joseph Sylvester (Volume 2), Address to the Mathematical and Physical (p. 659), At the University Press. 1908


Geometry formerly was the chief borrower from arithmetic and algebra, but it has since repaid its obligations with abundant usury...

Geometry formerly was the chief borrower from arithmetic and algebra, but it has since repaid its obligations with abundant usury...

Geometry formerly was the chief borrower from arithmetic and algebra, but it has since repaid its obligations with abundant usury...

Geometry formerly was the chief borrower from arithmetic and algebra, but it has since repaid its obligations with abundant usury...