If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and as continuously as I have, they would make my discoveries." - Meaning and context.">
The World of Mathematics (1956) Edited by J. R. Newman
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If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and as continuously as I have, they would make my discoveries.

— Carl Friedrich Gauss

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Carl Friedrich Gauss

About Carl Friedrich Gauss

Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician, astronomer and physicist.