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1901–1992 England
George Frederick James Temple (December 2, 1901-January 30, 1992) was an English mathematician. He was President of the London Mathematical Society in the years 1951-1953 and recipient of the Sylvester Medal in 1969.
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The dull and pedestrian researches of Todhunter on the histories of probability, the calculus of variations and the theory of elasticity will always preserve their value for the historiographer.
The historical approach introduces us personally to the great mathematicians and infuses a humane and genial spirit into what can be the most arid and abstract study.
Only by a study of the development of mathematics can its contemporary significance be understood.
The 'language theory' is inadequate as a description of the nature of mathematics.
Mathematical activity has taken the forms of a science, a philosophy and an art.
The function of logic in mathematics is critical rather than constructive.
The history of mathematics throws little light on the psychology of mathematical invention.
During this century mathematics has been transformed...
What would geometry be without Gauss, mathematical logic without Boole, algebra without Hamilton, analysis without Cauchy?
The magnificent achievement of Bourbaki planned to present in an orderly sequence the whole of mathematics is already dated, and a new edition appears to need a complete revision based perhaps on category theory rather then on sets and logic.
At each stage of in the advance of mathematical thought the outstanding characteristics are novelty and originality. That is why mathematics is such a delight to study, such a challenge to practise and such a puzzle to define.
Logical analysis is indispensable for an examination of the strength of a mathematical structure, but it is useless for its conception and design. The great advances in mathematics have not been made by logic but by creative imagination.
Ninety per cent of all the mathematics we know has been discovered (or invented), in the last hundred years... the advances made in each of some dozen directions are converging into one single discipline uniting algebra, topology and analysis.
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