Thomas Little Heath Quotes

• [Las obras de Arquímedes] son, sin excepción, monumentos de la exposición matemática; la revelación gradual del plan de ataque, la ordenación magistral de las proposiciones, la severa eliminación de todo lo que no es inmediatamente relevante para el propósito, el acabado del conjunto, son tan impresionantes en su perfección que crean un sentimiento parecido al sobrecogimiento en la mente del lector.

  Thomas Little Heath

  Math, Perfection, Feelings

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• One feature which will probably most impress the mathematician accustomed to the rapidity and directness secured by the generality of modern methods is the deliberation with which Archimedes approaches the solution of any one of his main problems.

  Thomas Little Heath

  Problem, Modern, Method

  Archimedes, Sir Thomas Little Heath (2002). “The Works of Archimedes”, p.6, Courier Corporation

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• Fermat never cared to publish his investigations, but was always perfectly ready, as we see from his letters, to acquaint his friends and contemporaries with his results.

  Thomas Little Heath

  Letters, Results, Investigation

  Sir Thomas Little Heath (2017). “Diophantus of Alexandria; A Study in the History of Greek Algebra”, p.29, CUP Archive

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