I don't know whether he originated the saying, but on more than one occasion I heard Erdos say: A mathematician is just a device that turns strong coffee into strong theorems. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henry Baker" <hbaker1@pipeline.com> To: "math-fun" <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 8:37 PM Subject: Re: [math-fun] coffee & theorems Fermat must have had only a single-shot espresso before he proved his Little Theorem. At 02:04 PM 11/3/2014, Dan Asimov wrote:
I've heard that this quote is due to Paul Erdà 's. --Dan
On Nov 3, 2014, at 1:40 PM, Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> wrote:
"Mathematicians turn coffee into theorems." -- unknown ??
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