Richard Hamming Quote

When a theory is sufficiently general to cover many fields of application, it acquires some "truth" from each of them. Thus... a positive value for generalization in mathematics.


Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (1985)


When a theory is sufficiently general to cover many fields of application, it acquires some truth from each of them. Thus... a positive value for...

When a theory is sufficiently general to cover many fields of application, it acquires some truth from each of them. Thus... a positive value for...

When a theory is sufficiently general to cover many fields of application, it acquires some truth from each of them. Thus... a positive value for...

When a theory is sufficiently general to cover many fields of application, it acquires some truth from each of them. Thus... a positive value for...