Alonzo Church Quotes

• Never had any mathematical conversations with anybody, because there was nobody else in my field.

  Alonzo Church

  Fields, Conversation, Mathematical

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• The only thing that might have annoyed some mathematicians was the presumption of assuming that maybe the axiom of choice could fail, and that we should look into contrary assumptions.

  Alonzo Church

  Choices, Annoyed, Looks

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• I tried reading Hilbert. Only his papers published in mathematical periodicals were available at the time. Anybody who has tried those knows they are very hard reading.

  Alonzo Church

  Reading, Hypnosis, Paper

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• I was an undergraduate at Princeton, and I was pressed by the math department to go on to graduate school. Actually they gave me fellowships that paid my way, otherwise I would not have been able to continue.

  Alonzo Church

  School, Math, Goes On

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