Quotation by

Godfrey Harold Hardy

Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.

Beauty

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Hardy means that mathematical ideas must have an elegant or pleasing quality to be truly valuable and lasting. If a mathematical concept lacks this kind of beauty, it is unlikely to remain important or accepted over time.

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