I Confess That Fermat's Theorem As An

Further, The Dignity Of The Science Itself Seems To Require That Every Possible Means Be Explored For The Solution Of A Problem So Elegant And So Celebrated.

I Am Giving This Winter Two Courses Of Lectures To Three Students, Of Which One Is Only Moderately Prepared, The Other Less Than Moderately, And The Third Lacks Both Preparation And Ability. Such Are The Onera Of A Mathematical Profession.

I Have A True Aversion To Teaching. The Perennial Business Of A Professor Of Mathematics Is Only To Teach The Abc Of His Science; Most Of The Few Pupils Who Go A Step Further, And Usually To Keep The Metaphor, Remain In The Process Of Gathering Information, Become Only Halbwisser [one Who Has Superficial Knowledge Of The Subject], For The Rarer Talents Do Not Want To Have Themselves Educated By Lecture Courses, But Train Themselves. And With This Thankless Work The Professor Loses His Precious Time.

Mathematics Is The Queen Of The Sciences.

The Infinite Is Only A Manner Of Speaking.