317 is a prime, not because we think so, or because our mind are shaped in one way rather than another, but because it is so, because mathematical reality is built that way. "The man who loved only numbers", Paul Hoffman
But the same primes, with all the same properties, exist in any number system. "The man who loved only numbers", Paul Hoffman
"The game of life," Erdós often said, "is to keep the SF 's score low. If you do something bad in life, the SF gets two points. If you don't do something good that you should have done, the SF gets one point. You never score, so the SF always wins." "The man who l...
"I'm not qualified to say wheather or not God exists", Erdós said. "I kind of doubt He does. Nevertheless, I'm always saying that the SF has this transfinite Book -transfinite being a concept in mathematics that is larger than infinite- that contains the best proofs...
My second great discovery was death. Children don't think they're ever going to die. I was like that too, until I was four. I was in a shop with my mother and suddenly I realized I was wrong. I started to cry. I knew I would die. "The man who loved only numbers", Pa...
In the late 1980s Erdós heard of a promising high school student named Glen Whitney who wanted to study matemathics at Harvard but was a little short of the tuition. Erdós arranged to see him and, convinced of the youg man's talent, lent him $1.000. He asked Whitney ...
His arm was flapping wildly now, and he was coughing. "I don´t understand why the SF has seen fit to send me a cold," he wheezed. (The SF is the Supreme Fascist, the Number-One Guy Up There, God, who was always tormenting Erdös by hiding his glasses, stealing his Hun...
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