Mathematics is the queen of sciences and arithmetic is the queen of mathematics

Quote by Carl Friedrich Gauss

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God does arithmetic.

God does arithmetic.

I am coming more and more to the conviction that the necessity of our geometry...

I am coming more and more to the conviction that the necessity of our geometry...

Being married to a daughter of India is a natural complement of my being in...

Being married to a daughter of India is a natural complement of my being in...

I have had my results for a long time: but I do not yet know...

I have had my results for a long time: but I do not yet know...

It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of...

It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of...

The West remains obsessed by the caste system.

The West remains obsessed by the caste system.

To such idle talk it might further be added: that whenever a certain exclusive occupation...

To such idle talk it might further be added: that whenever a certain exclusive occupation...

It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but...

It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but...

I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent...

I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent...

I have no intention of going back to France, except for yearly visits to meet...

I have no intention of going back to France, except for yearly visits to meet...

Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.

Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.

I was born in Paris in 1950. I had a strict upper-class Catholic education but...

I was born in Paris in 1950. I had a strict upper-class Catholic education but...

When I have clarified and exhausted a subject, then I turn away from it, in...

When I have clarified and exhausted a subject, then I turn away from it, in...

We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds,...

We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds,...

I mean the word proof not in the sense of the lawyers, who set two...

I mean the word proof not in the sense of the lawyers, who set two...

Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes.

Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes.

The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage...

The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage...

Further, the dignity of the science itself seems to require that every possible means be...

Further, the dignity of the science itself seems to require that every possible means be...

You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until...

You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until...

The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into...

The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into...