As long as algebra and geometry proceeded along separate paths, their advance was slow and their applications limited. But when these sciences joined company, they drew from each other fresh vitality and thenceforward marched on at a rapid pace toward perfection.


Lagrange. Leçons Élémentaires sur les Mathematiques, Leçon cinquiéme. [McCormack]; Cited in: Robert Edouard Moritz. Memorabilia mathematica; or, The philomath's quotation-book, (1914) p. 81; The teaching of mathematics

Joseph Louis Lagrange Quotes

As long as algebra and geometry proceeded along separate paths, their advance was slow and their applications limited. But when these sciences joined ...

As long as algebra and geometry proceeded along separate paths, their advance was slow and their applications limited. But when these sciences joined ...

As long as algebra and geometry proceeded along separate paths, their advance was slow and their applications limited. But when these sciences joined ...

As long as algebra and geometry proceeded along separate paths, their advance was slow and their applications limited. But when these sciences joined ...