The trouble with integers is that we have examined only the very small ones. Maybe all the exciting stuff happens at really big numbers, ones we can't even begin to think about in any very definite way. Our brains have evolved to get us out of the rain, find where the berries are, and keep us from getting killed. Our brains did not evolve to help us grasp really large numbers or to look at things in a hundred thousand dimensions.
Someone has remarked that 'An ideal math talk should have one proof and one joke and they should not be the same'. - Ronald Graham
Someone has remarked that 'An ideal math talk should have one proof and one joke and they should not be the same'.
- Ronald Graham
Juggling is sometimes called the art of controlling patterns, controlling patterns in time and space. - Ronald Graham
Juggling is sometimes called the art of controlling patterns, controlling patterns in time and space.
Math is sometimes called the science of patterns. - Ronald Graham
Math is sometimes called the science of patterns.
The trouble with integers is that we have examined only the very small ones. Maybe all the exciting stuff happens at really big numbers, ones we can'… - Ronald Graham
The trouble with integers is that we have examined only the very small ones. Maybe all the exciting stuff happens at really big numbers, ones we can'…
The ultimate goal of mathematics is to eliminate all need for intelligent thought. - Ronald Graham
The ultimate goal of mathematics is to eliminate all need for intelligent thought.
Well, as you know, there are 24 hours in every day. And if that's not enough, you've always got the nights! - Ronald Graham
Well, as you know, there are 24 hours in every day. And if that's not enough, you've always got the nights!
Someone has said that all the great jugglers are dead. - Ronald Graham
Someone has said that all the great jugglers are dead.
Some people think that mathematics is a serious business that must always be cold and dry; but we think mathematics is fun, and we aren't ashamed to … - Ronald Graham
Some people think that mathematics is a serious business that must always be cold and dry; but we think mathematics is fun, and we aren't ashamed to …
AB=1/4((A+B)^2-(A-B)^2) is an amazing identity, and unfortunately, I have to remind my current students how to prove it. - Ronald Graham
AB=1/4((A+B)^2-(A-B)^2) is an amazing identity, and unfortunately, I have to remind my current students how to prove it.
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