A Mathematical Problem Should Be Difficult In Order To Entice Us, Yet Not Completely Inaccessible, Lest It Mock At Our Efforts. It Should Be To Us A Guide Post On The Mazy Paths To Hidden Truths, And Ultimately A Reminder Of Our Pleasure In The Successful Solution.

-David Hilbert

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A Mathematical Problem Should Be Difficult In

David Hilbert

A Mathematical Problem Should Be Difficult In Order To Entice Us, Yet Not Completely Inaccessible, Lest It Mock At Our Efforts. It Should Be To Us A Guide Post On The Mazy Paths To Hidden Truths, And Ultimately A Reminder Of Our Pleasure In The Successful Solution.

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Successful

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Effort

Before Beginning [to Try To Prove Fermat's Last Theorem] I Should Have To Put In Three Years Of Intensive Study, And I Haven't That Much Time To Squander On A Probable Failure.

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Math

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