Paul Erdos
Paul Erdos
Paul Erdőswas a Hungarian mathematician. He was one of the most prolific mathematicians of the 20th century. He was known both for his social practice of mathematicsand for his eccentric lifestyle. Erdős pursued problems in combinatorics, graph theory, number theory, mathematical analysis, approximation theory, set theory, and probability theory...
NationalityHungarian
ProfessionMathematician
Date of Birth26 March 1913
suffering fascists enjoy
The SF [Supreme Fascist, i.e. God] created us to enjoy our suffering. The sooner we die, the sooner we defy His plans.
hope solve
I hope we'll be able to solve these problems before we leave.
coffee cups mathematics
A Mathematician is someone who can take a cup of coffee and turn it into a theory.
education children years
When I was a child, the Earth was said to be two billion years old. Now scientists say it's four and a half billion. So that makes me two and a half billion.
beautiful numbers knows
If numbers aren't beautiful, I don't know what is.
beautiful book math
God has the Big Book, the beautiful proofs of mathematical theorems are listed here.
nuisance said theft
Some French socialist said that private property was theft ... I say that private property is a nuisance.
collaboration proof roof
Another roof, another proof.
here-i-am brain
Here I am: My brain is open.
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Mathematics is the surest way to immortality. If you make a big discovery in mathematics, you will be remembered after everyone else will be forgotten
death suicide
Végre nem butulok tovább (I've finally stopped getting dumber).
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Mathematics is not yet ready for such problems.
mathematics ends humans
Every human activity, good or bad, except mathematics, must come to an end.
men three firsts
There are three signs of senility. The first sign is that a man forgets his theorems. The second sign is that he forgets to zip up. The third sign is that he forgets to zip down.