Mathematical science is in my opinion an indivisible whole, an organism whose vitality is conditioned upon the connection of its parts. (David Hilbert)

Mathematical science is in my opinion an indivisible whole, an organism whose vitality is conditioned upon the connection of its parts.

David Hilbert

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