Mathematical Quotes

• I regard it as an inelegance, or imperfection, in quaternions, or rather in the state to which it has been hitherto unfolded, whenever it becomes or seems to become necessary to have recourse to x, y, z, etc.

  

  William Rowan Hamilton
  • Seems
  • Regard
  • Imperfection

• Time is said to have only one dimension, and space to have three dimensions. ... The mathematical quaternion partakes of both these elements; in technical language it may be said to be 'time plus space', or 'space plus time': and in this sense it has, or at least involves a reference to, four dimensions. And how the One of Time, of Space the Three, Might in the Chain of Symbols girdled be.

  

  William Rowan Hamilton
  • Language
  • Elements
  • Dimensions

• If there is something very slightly wrong in our definition of the theories, then the full mathematical rigor may convert these errors into ridiculous conclusions.

  

  Richard Feynman
  • Ridiculous
  • Conclusion
  • Definitions

• What is revealed through the psychedelic experience, I think, is a higher dimensional perspective on reality. And I use 'higher dimensional' in the mathematical sense.

  

  Terence McKenna
  • Reality
  • Perspective
  • Higher

• The meaning of a logically consistent mathematical statement is not subject to interpretation.

  

  Edward Frenkel
  • Interpretation
  • Mathematical

• Wisdom is not mathematical, nor astronomical, nor zoological; when it talks too much of any one thing it ceases to be itself. There are wise physicists, but wisdom is not physical; there are wise physicians, but wisdom is not medical.

  

  George Sarton
  • Wise
  • Medical
  • Physicians

• It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense.

  

  Rita Coolidge
  • Sense
  • Mathematical

• Thus we can get the correct answer for the probability of partial reflection by imagining (falsely) that all reflection comes from only the front and back surfaces. In this intuitively easy analysis, the 'front surface' and 'back surface' arrows are mathematical constructions that give us the right answer, whereas .... a more accurate representation of what is really going on: partial reflection is the scattering of light by electrons inside the glass.

  

  Richard Feynman
  • Easy
  • Construction
  • Representation

• From a mathematical standpoint it is possible to have infinite space. In a mathematical sense space is manifoldness, or combinations of numbers. Physical space is known as the 3-dimension system. There is the 4-dimension system, the 10-dimension system.

  

  Charles Proteus Steinmetz
  • Infinite
  • Combination
  • Dimensions

• Wealth creation is not a mathematical formula, as the truthseeking quant geeks still want everyone to believe. In the end, their lack of real-world experience and pride corrupted their mathematical genius and destroyed them. You may be able to digitize a daVinci, but that does not make it daVinci. Creating wealth is personal. It is creating assets, creating value, or whatever act of self-perpetuation that drives us to create a legacy.

  

  Ziad K. Abdelnour
  • Believe
  • Experience
  • Pride

• Being a mathematical genius doesn't do you any favors as far as having something to say in music. You see every style as equal, and you want complicated music to devour.

  

  Chilly Gonzales
  • Style
  • Genius
  • Equal

• The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description of all atomic phenomena.

  

  Erwin Schrodinger
  • Accepted
  • Phenomena
  • Quantum Theory

• You feed yourself. Make sure you have all the information, whether it's aesthetic, scientific, mathematical, I don't care what it is. Then you walk away from it and let it ferment. You ignore it and pretend you don't care. Next thing you know, the answer comes.

  

  Ray Bradbury
  • Care
  • Information
  • Answers

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