William Carroll

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Could anything be more unattractive and inelegant? Could any argument be more obfuscatory and unreadable? This isn’t mathematics! A proof should be an epiphany from the gods, not a coded message from the Pentagon. This is what comes from a misplaced sense of logical rigor: ugliness.
A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form
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