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Edmund Landau
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“Die Zahlentheorie ist nützlich, weil man mit ihr promovieren kann.”
Edmund Landau (1877–1938) first seen 1927 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Foreword to Vorlesungen über Zahlentheorie (Lectures on Number Theory) (1927).
“Wir Mathematiker sind alle ein bißchen meschugge.”
Edmund Landau (1877–1938) said by 1938 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Bitte vergiß alles was Du auf der Schule gelernt hast; denn Du hast es nicht gelernt.”
Edmund Landau (1877–1938) said by 1938 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Foundations of Analysis (1960) as quoted by Eli Maor, The Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000-year History (2007)
“Please don't read the preface for the teacher.”
Edmund Landau (1877–1938) first seen 1930 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Grundlagen der Analysis [Foundations of Analysis] (1930) Preface for the Student, as quoted by Eli Maor, Trigonometric Delights (2013)
“I will ask of you only the ability to read English and to think logically—no high school mathematics, and certainly no higher mathematics.”
Edmund Landau (1877–1938) first seen 1930 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Grundlagen der Analysis [Foundations of Analysis] (1930) Preface for the Student, as quoted by Eli Maor, Trigonometric Delights (2013)
“The multiplication table will not occur in this book, not even the theorem,2 \cdot 2 = 4,but I would recommend, as an exercise, that you define2 = 1 + 1, 4 = (((1 + 1) + 1) + 1)and then prove the theorem.”
Edmund Landau (1877–1938) first seen 1930 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Grundlagen der Analysis [Foundations of Analysis] (1930) Preface for the Student, as quoted by Eli Maor, Trigonometric Delights (2013)
“My book is written, as befits such easy material, in merciless telegram style ("Axiom," "Definition," "Theorem," "Proof," occasionally "Preliminary Remark")... I hope I have written this book in such a way that a normal student can read it in two days. And then (since he already knows the formal rules from school) he may forget its contents.”
Edmund Landau (1877–1938) first seen 1930 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Grundlagen der Analysis [Foundations of Analysis] (1930) Preface for the Teacher, as quoted by Eli Maor, Trigonometric Delights (2013)