Divide et impera: is as true in algebra as in statecraft; but no less true and even more fertile is the maxim auge et impera. The more to do or to prove, the easier the doing or the proof.


The Collected Mathematical Papers of James Joseph Sylvester, (Volume 3), Proof of the Fundamental Theorem of Invariants (1878) (p. 126)

James Joseph Sylvester Quotes

Divide et impera: is as true in algebra as in statecraft; but no less true and even more fertile is the maxim auge et impera. The more to do or to...

Divide et impera: is as true in algebra as in statecraft; but no less true and even more fertile is the maxim auge et impera. The more to do or to...

Divide et impera: is as true in algebra as in statecraft; but no less true and even more fertile is the maxim auge et impera. The more to do or to...

Divide et impera: is as true in algebra as in statecraft; but no less true and even more fertile is the maxim auge et impera. The more to do or to...