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发帖数: 3714 | 1 数学的神秘和荣耀，不仅仅显示于偶尔能用抽象的理论来解决问题上，
而是在于那个奇迹中的奇迹：一个原本为解决某类问题而生的理论，
却经常成为解决另一种迥然不同的问题－－－并非被这个理论所致力于
的问题－－－的唯一法门。这巧合的发生如此频繁，它们一定是跟
数学的某种本质有关。
The mystery, as well as the glory, of mathematics lies not
so much in the fact that abstract theories do turn out to be
useful in solving problems but in that wonder of wonders, the
fact that a theory meant for solving one type of problems
is often the only way of solving problems of entirely different
kinds, problems for which the theory was not intended. These |
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