Mathematicians Do Not Deal In Objects, But In Relations Between Objects; Thus, They Are Free To Replace Some Objects By Others So Long As The Relations Remain Unchanged. Content To Them Is Irrelevant: They Are Interested In Form Only.

-Henri Poincare

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Mathematicians Do Not Deal In Objects, But

Henri Poincare

Mathematicians Do Not Deal In Objects, But In Relations Between Objects; Thus, They Are Free To Replace Some Objects By Others So Long As The Relations Remain Unchanged. Content To Them Is Irrelevant: They Are Interested In Form Only.

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One Would Have To Have Completely Forgotten The History Of Science So As To Not Remember That The Desire To Know Nature Has Had The Most Constant And The Happiest Influence On The Development Of Mathematics.

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