Salomon Bochner Quotes

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Mathematics is a form of poetry which transcends poetry in that it proclaims a truth; a form of reasoning which transcends reasoning in that it wants to bring about the truth it proclaims; a form of action, of ritual behavior, which does not find fulfilment in the act but must proclaim and elaborate a poetic form of truth.

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What Is Mathematics? This question, if asked in earnest, has no answer.

Salomon Bochner

The word "mathematics" is a Greek word and, by origin, it means "something that has been learned or understood," or perhaps "acquired knowledge," or perhaps even, somewhat against grammar, "acquirable knowledge," that is, "learnable knowledge," that is, "knowledge acquirable by learning."

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If science is viewed as an industrial establishment, then mathematics is an associated power plant which feeds a certain kind of indispensable energy into the establishment.

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Ours is an age in which scientists are Wise Men, and the root of this Wisdom is in Mathematics.

Salomon Bochner

What indeed is mathematics? This question, if asked in earnest, has no answer, not a satisfactory one; only part answers and observations can be attempted.

Salomon Bochner

Salomon Bochner

Salomon Bochner

Born: August 20, 1899

Died: May 2, 1982 (aged 82)

Bio: Salomon Bochner was an American mathematician of Austrian-Hungarian origin, known for work in mathematical analysis, probability theory and differential geometry.

Known for:

Fourier transforms (1949)
Collected papers of Salomon Bochner

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