a and b by showing first that a leqq b and then that a geqq b, it is unfair; one should instead show that they are really equal by disclosing the inner ground for their equality." - Meaning and context.">
As quoted in Hermann Weyl, "Emmy Noether" (April 26, 1935) in Weyl's Levels of Infinity: Selected Writings on Mathematics and Philosophy (2012) p. 64.

If one proves the equality of two numbers a and b by showing first that a leqq b and then that a geqq b, it is unfair; one should instead show that they are really equal by disclosing the inner ground for their equality.

— Emmy Noether

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About Emmy Noether

Amalie Emmy Noether (March 23, 1882 – April 14, 1935) was a German mathematician known for her landmark contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics.