Gian-Carlo Rota over stellingen bewijzen

We often hear that mathematics consists mainly of “proving theorems.” Is a writer’s job mainly that of “writing sentences?

Gian-Carlo Rota, in de introductie van Philip J. Davis en Reuben Hersch, “The Mathematical Experience” (1981)

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