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The main thesis of this article is that mathematics is, like music, worth doing for its own sake. This is, of course, not to deny the great usefulness of mathematics in pure and applied science; indeed, it was never more useful than it is today, when so many areas of human enquiry hitherto immune to mathematical contamination now find mathematics an essential tool in achieving progress and an essential language for the expression of their pertinent concepts and results.
Dedicated to Dr. Heinz Götze, a truly educated man, in respect and affection
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Hilton, P. (1991). The Mathematical Component of a Good Education. In: Hilton, P., Hirzebruch, F., Remmert, R. (eds) Miscellanea Mathematica. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76709-8_9
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