Mathematics consists in proving the most obvious thing in the least obvious way. - George Pólya

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Mathematics consists in proving the most obvious thing in the least obvious way.

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About George Pólya

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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I shall often discuss mathematical discoveries... I shall try to make up a likely story how the discovery could have happened. I shall try to emphasize the motives underlying the discovery, the plausible inferences that led to it... everything that deserves imitation.
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