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"An important point is that the p-adic field, or respectively the real or complex field, corresponding to a prime idea…"

"It is hard for you to appreciate that modern mathematics has become so extensive and so complex that it is essential,…"

"About ancient mathematics (whether Greek or Mesopotamian) and medieval mathematics (Western or Oriental), the would-b…"

"We should ask our fellow physicists to invent a principle of anti-interference, which would bring light out of two ob…"

"‘[…] his correspondence with Digby, and, through Digby, with the English mathematicians WALLIS and BROUCKNER occupies…"

"Every mathematician worthy of the name has experienced, if only rarely, the state of lucid exaltation in which one th…"

"In comparison with the wise man, the saint is perhaps just a specialist - a specialist in holiness; whereas the wise …"

"In mathematics, perhaps more than in any other branch of knowledge, ideas spring fully armed from the creator's brain…"