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What is the difference between method and device? A method is a device which you use twice.


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Beauty in mathematics is seeing the truth without effort.



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Solving problems is a practical art, like swimming, or skiing, or playing the piano: you can learn it only by imitation and practice.



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It may be more important in the mathematics class how you teach than what you teach.



If there is a problem you can't solve, then there is an easier problem you can't solve: find it.

If there is a problem you can't solve, then there is an easier problem you can't solve: find it.



An idea which can be used only once is a trick. If one can use it more than once it becomes a method.

An idea which can be used only once is a trick. If one can use it more than once it becomes a method.



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Geometry is the science of correct reasoning on incorrect figures.



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Mathematics is not a spectator sport!



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