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#maths

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"My main guide in my work was the constant search for a perfect coherence, a complete harmony that I could see behind the turbulent surface of things, and which I patiently strove to uncover, without ever being tired of it. It was a keen sense of "beauty", surely, that was my flair and my only compass. My greatest joy was not so much to contemplate it when it appeared in full light [...]" – Alexandre Grothendieck (1928-2014)
#quote #mathematics #math #maths

"Mon principal guide dans mon travail a été la recherche constante d’une cohérence parfaite, d’une harmonie complète que je devinais derrière la surface turbulente des choses, et que je m'efforçais de dégager patiemment, sans jamais m’en lasser. C’était un sens aigu de la "beauté", sûrement, qui était mon flair et ma seule boussole. [...]" – Alexandre Grothendieck (1928-2014)
#citation #mathématiques #maths #math

I have been using the #Moodle #STACK #maths related question intensely over the last few months. I had idly thought that it would be good to have an automated way of giving inputs and prts “sensible names”, i.e. instead of ans1, ans2 etc I could rename the input fields with things like width, area and have all references updated appropriately.

It turns out that the feature already exists under the menu Tidy inputs and PRT’s, wonderful!