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Poincare, Jules Henri (1854-1912)

What is it indeed that gives us the feeling of elegance in a solution, in a demonstration? It is the harmony of the diverse parts, their symmetry, their happy balance; in a word it is all that introduces order, all that gives unity, that permits us to see clearly and to comprehend at once both the ensemble and the details.
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In N. Rose Mathematical Maxims and Minims, Raleigh NC:Rome Press Inc., 1988.
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