The best result of mathematics is to be able to do without it.
The above is a quote by Oliver Heaviside, an electrical engineer and mathematician. What does the quote really mean?
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4$\begingroup$ You can get more context for the quotation here (unfortunately I can't copy-paste): books.google.co.uk/… $\endgroup$– J.G.May 4, 2018 at 6:51
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$\begingroup$ Yep, page 47 of that reference covers it. $\endgroup$– Carl WitthoftMay 4, 2018 at 12:38
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Since I have no shame, I screen-shotted the reference that J.G. found:
