In plausible reasoning the principal thing is to distinguis… - George Pólya

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In plausible reasoning the principal thing is to distinguish... a more reasonable guess from a less reasonable guess.

George Pólya

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George Pólya (December 13, 1887 – September 7, 1985) was a Hungarian mathematician and professor of mathematics at ETH Zürich and at Stanford University. His work on heuristics and pedagogy has had substantial and lasting influence on mathematical education, and has also been influential in artificial intelligence.

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Native Name: Pólya György

Alternative Names: George Polya • Georg Polya • Georg Pólya

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The elegance of a mathematical theorem is directly proportional to the number of independent ideas one can see in the theorem and inversely proportional to the effort it takes to see them.

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In plausible reasoning the principal thing is to distinguish... a more reasonable guess from a less reasonable guess. - George Pólya

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