The theory of ramification is one of pure colligation, for it takes no account of magnitude or position; geometrical lines are used, but these have no more real bearing on the matter than those employed in genealogical tables have in explaining the laws of procreation.


The Collected Mathematical Papers of James Joseph Sylvester (ed. 2008)

James Joseph Sylvester Quotes

The theory of ramification is one of pure colligation, for it takes no account of magnitude or position; geometrical lines are used, but these have...

The theory of ramification is one of pure colligation, for it takes no account of magnitude or position; geometrical lines are used, but these have...

The theory of ramification is one of pure colligation, for it takes no account of magnitude or position; geometrical lines are used, but these have...

The theory of ramification is one of pure colligation, for it takes no account of magnitude or position; geometrical lines are used, but these have...