<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div style="font-family:Arial;">Came across this quote recently and it reminded me of several conversations with Frank and others about "pure" mathematics.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><i>"Thank God that number theory is unsullied by any application."</i> Leonard Dickson<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">Similarly for "pure" science, Hertz spoke of his research as, <i>"of no use whatsoever, just an experiment to prove Maestro Maxwell was right."</i><i><br></i></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">davew<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div></body></html>