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Measurement (Lockhart, Paul.)

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Thursday, October 31, 2024 9:05:56 AM

  1. "Once a shape (or any structure in mathematics) is specified enough, the “forces of mathematical nature” then dictate all of its behavior."

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 10:25:06 PM

  1. "Experienced mathematicians have a great deal of sensitivity to structure, and so our guesses are more likely to be right, but we still have to guess. So guess."

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 10:27:57 PM

  1. "Let a problem take you where it takes you. If you come across a river in the jungle, follow it!"

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 11:55:28 AM

  1. "It is very frustrating to keep banging your head against the same wall over and over. (It’s much better to have five or six walls to bang your head against!)"

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 11:55:51 AM

  1. "If you have a friend who also wants to do math, you can work together and share the joys and frustrations. It’s a lot like playing music together."

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 11:56:33 AM

  1. "What makes a mathematician is not technical skill or ency-clopedic knowledge but insatiable curiosity and a desire for simple beauty."

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 12:02:10 PM

  1. "A proof is simply a story. The characters are the elements of the problem, and the plot is up to you."