Paul Erdos
Paul Erdos
Paul Erdőswas a Hungarian mathematician. He was one of the most prolific mathematicians of the 20th century. He was known both for his social practice of mathematicsand for his eccentric lifestyle. Erdős pursued problems in combinatorics, graph theory, number theory, mathematical analysis, approximation theory, set theory, and probability theory...
NationalityHungarian
ProfessionMathematician
Date of Birth26 March 1913
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I hope we'll be able to solve these problems before we leave.
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It will be another million years, at least, before we understand the primes.
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A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.
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Why are numbers beautiful? It’s like asking why is Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony beautiful. If you don’t see why, someone can’t tell you. I know numbers are beautiful. If they aren’t beautiful, nothing is.
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The purpose of life is to conjecture and prove.
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God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers.
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I know numbers are beautiful. If they aren't beautiful, nothing is.
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Suppose aliens invade the earth and threaten to obliterate it in a year's time unless human beings can find the Ramsey number for red five and blue five. We could marshal the world's best minds and fastest computers, and within a year we could probably calculate the value. If the aliens demanded the Ramsey number for red six and blue six, however, we would have no choice but to launch a preemptive attack.
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Property is a nuisance.
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There'll be plenty of time to rest in the grave.
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Finally I am becoming stupider no more.
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Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education.
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Every human activity, good or bad, except mathematics, must come to an end.
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Mathematics is the surest way to immortality. If you make a big discovery in mathematics, you will be remembered after everyone else will be forgotten