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- From: steve@hubcap.clemson.edu ("Steve" Stevenson)
- Subject: Did Gauss ever say ...
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.172858.3795@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Organization: Clemson University
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 17:28:58 GMT
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- Bartlett's Familar Quotations give Gauss credit for the statement
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- "Mathematics is the queen of the sciences."
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- I heard anecdotally that he also said "And number theory is the queen
- of mathematics."
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- Can someone give me a references to the statement, please?
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- thanks.
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- steve
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