Top Quotes & Sayings by Raoul Bott

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American mathematician Raoul Bott.
Last updated on December 18, 2024.
Raoul Bott

Raoul Bott was a Hungarian-American mathematician known for numerous basic contributions to geometry in its broad sense. He is best known for his Bott periodicity theorem, the Morse–Bott functions which he used in this context, and the Borel–Bott–Weil theorem.

There are two ways to do great mathematics. The first is to be smarter than everybody else. The second way is to be stupider than everybody else - but persistent. — © Raoul Bott
There are two ways to do great mathematics. The first is to be smarter than everybody else. The second way is to be stupider than everybody else - but persistent.
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