Endre Szemeredi quotes
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“Too much knowledge could be a bad thing. I was lead to the Szemerédi theorem by proving a result, about squares, that Euler had already proven, and I relied on an "obvious" fact, about arithmetical progressions, that was unproved at the time. But that lead me to try and prove that formerly unproved statement- about arithmetical progressions-and that ultimately lead to the Szemerédi Theorem.”
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“I am a professor at the computer science department, but I don't know how to use a computer, not even for Email.”
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“You must all know about Bourgain, so I don't have to write his name on the board-for an obvious reason.”
-- Endre Szemeredi
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“I am putting together a secular bible. My Genesis is when the apple falls on Newton's head.”
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Source : "This much I know". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2009.
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“Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.”
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“A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.”
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