There is no agreed upon definition of mathematics, but there is widespread agreement that the essence of mathematics is extension, generalization, and abstraction... [which] often bring increased confidence in the results of a specific application, as well as new viewpoints.


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

Richard Hamming Quotes

There is no agreed upon definition of mathematics, but there is widespread agreement that the essence of mathematics is extension, generalization,...

There is no agreed upon definition of mathematics, but there is widespread agreement that the essence of mathematics is extension, generalization,...

There is no agreed upon definition of mathematics, but there is widespread agreement that the essence of mathematics is extension, generalization,...

There is no agreed upon definition of mathematics, but there is widespread agreement that the essence of mathematics is extension, generalization,...