8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- People : ---------------------------------- Author : Jules Henri Poincar : History of Mathematics Text : ---------------------------------- Formerly, when one invented a new function it was in view of some practical goal; today one invents them expressly to point out flaws in the reasoning of our fathers and one will never derive anything from them but that. From : Chapter 23: Twentieth-Century Legacies, Page 565. Events : ---------------------------------- 8 -- Added : May 24, 2020 8 -- Updated : July 13, 2022 About This Textfile : ---------------------------------- Text file generated from : http://RevoltSource.com/