[#mathematics, #unity, #knowledge, #logic, #relations, #ideas, #analogy, #theories, #harmony, #construction, #uniformity, #connectedness] Mathematical science is in my opinion an indivisible whole, an organism whose vitality is conditioned upon the connection of its parts. For with all the variety of mathematical knowledge, we are still clearly conscious of the similarity of the logical devices, the relationship of the ideas in mathematics as a whole and the numerous analogies in its different departments. We also notice that, the farther a mathematical theory is developed, the more harmoniously and uniformly does its construction proceed, and unsuspected relations are disclosed between hitherto separated branches of the science. So it happens that, with the extension of mathematics, its organic character is not lost but manifests itself the more clearly. ( David Hilbert, Mathematical Problems, Bulletin American Mathematical Society, Vol. 8, p. 478 )
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 11:00:00 +0000
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