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No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it gives the impression of also being beautiful. (George Boole, in MacHale, 1993, p. 107)
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Sinclair, N., Pimm, D. (2006). A Historical Gaze at the Mathematical Aesthetic. In: Sinclair, N., Pimm, D., Higginson, W. (eds) Mathematics and the Aesthetic. CMS Books in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-38145-9_1
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