Freeman Dyson over wiskundige architectuur

The bottom line for mathematicians is that the architecture has to be right. In all the mathematics that I did, the essential point was to find the right architecture. It’s like building a bridge. Once the main lines of the structure are right, then the details miraculously fit. The problem is the overall design.

Freeman Dyson, in Donald J. Albers, “Freeman Dyson: Mathematician, Physicist, and Writer”, The College Mathematics Journal, Vol 25, No. 1 (januari 1994)

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