How is an error possible in mathematics?
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Geometry is not true, it is advantageous.Henri Poincare
It has adopted the geometry most advantageous to the species or, in other words, the most convenient.
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A sane mind should not be guilty of a logical fallacy, yet there are very fine minds incapable of following mathematical demonstrations.
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Facts do not speak.
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In the old days when people invented a new function they had something useful in mind.
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Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything.
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