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Gauss, Karl Friedrich (1777-1855)

A great part of its [higher arithmetic] theories derives an additional charm from the peculiarity that important propositions, with the impress of simplicity on them, are often easily discovered by induction, and yet are of so profound a character that we cannot find the demonstrations till after many vain attempts; and even then, when we do succeed, it is often by some tedious and artificial process, while the simple methods may long remain concealed.
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In H. Eves Mathematical Circles Adieu, Boston: Prindle, Weber and Schmidt, 1977.
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