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Is this quote real? I'm familiar with George Pólya's, "If you cannot solve the proposed problem, try to solve first a simpler related problem" but I cannot find
by techwizrd 2y ago
Is this quote real? I'm familiar with George Pólya's, "If you cannot solve the proposed problem, try to solve first a simpler related problem" but I cannot find any source for the Lenstra quote.
- gessha 2y agoI also found it connected to Polya [1] https://www.pleacher.com/mp/mquotes/mobquote.html https://www.pleacher.com/mp/mquotes/mobquote.html
- isaacfrond 2y agoI’ve heard him say it myself in a lecture on the AKS primality test. So, ehh, the source is oral tradition I guess.
- v1t 2y agoyeah https://www.reddit.com/r/quotes/comments/16qgwcv/if_you_cant_solve_a_problem_then_there_is_an/ https://www.reddit.com/r/quotes/comments/16qgwcv/if_you_cant...