This attitude [the abstract method in mathematics] can be encapsulated in the following slogan: a mathematical object is what it does.
Timothy GowersRead
Timothy Gowers
Mathematician · Unknown · b. 1963
1 quotes
Mathematician · Unknown · b. 1963
1 quotes
This attitude [the abstract method in mathematics] can be encapsulated in the following slogan: a mathematical object is what it does.
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