My life may be encapsulated by one of Graham Greene's "entertainments" titles: 'Loser Takes All'. Since I was thrown out of highschool for political reasons, I was free to study on my own and develop my own ways of thinking.
I used to say: "Everything is Representation Theory". Now I say: "Nothing is Representation Theory". - Israel Gelfand
I used to say: "Everything is Representation Theory". Now I say: "Nothing is Representation Theory".
- Israel Gelfand
People (or students) do not have shortcomings, only uniquenesses. The goal of a good teacher is to turn these uniquenesses into advantages. - Israel Gelfand
People (or students) do not have shortcomings, only uniquenesses. The goal of a good teacher is to turn these uniquenesses into advantages.
Eugene Wigner wrote a famous essay on the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in natural sciences. He meant physics, of course. There is only o… - Israel Gelfand
Eugene Wigner wrote a famous essay on the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in natural sciences. He meant physics, of course. There is only o…
The older I get, the more I believe that at the bottom of most deep mathematical problems there is a combinatorial problem. - Israel Gelfand
The older I get, the more I believe that at the bottom of most deep mathematical problems there is a combinatorial problem.
... The approach of von Neumann and Connes to the use of non-commutative algebra in physics is naive, the situation is much more complicated. - Israel Gelfand
... The approach of von Neumann and Connes to the use of non-commutative algebra in physics is naive, the situation is much more complicated.
My life may be encapsulated by one of Graham Greene's "entertainments" titles: 'Loser Takes All'. Since I was thrown out of highschool for political … - Israel Gelfand
My life may be encapsulated by one of Graham Greene's "entertainments" titles: 'Loser Takes All'. Since I was thrown out of highschool for political …
If you understand something, you understand that it is obvious. - Israel Gelfand
If you understand something, you understand that it is obvious.
My seminar is for highschool students, decent undergraduates, bright graduates, and outstanding professors. - Israel Gelfand
My seminar is for highschool students, decent undergraduates, bright graduates, and outstanding professors.
One of the reasons we don't do as well as we should is that we are all over-taught. - Israel Gelfand
One of the reasons we don't do as well as we should is that we are all over-taught.
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