Paul Erdos believed that there is a book wherein god keeps the most elegant proof of every mathematical theorem. He used to say "It is not necessary to believe in god, but it is necessary to believe

Straight out of Paul Hoffman's biography of Paul Erdös: Erdös first did mathematics at the age of three, but for the last twenty-five years of his life, since the death of this mother, he put in nineteen-hour

The title of this post is a classic Paul Erdos quote. He's my favorite mathematician of all time. Erdos was high on amphetamines and drank way too much coffee. Despite leading such an unhealthy lifestyle,

“When I was ten, my father told me about Euclid's proof [of the infinitude of primes], and I was hooked.” -Paul Erdos “My brain is open.” -Paul Erdos Paul Erdos was a Hungarian mathematician who lived