Eduard Gφtting
(1860 - )
mathematician who wrote or co-authored several textbooks on mathematics.
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Science Quotes by Eduard Gφtting (1 quote)
I am of the decided opinion, that mathematical instruction must have for its first aim a deep penetration and complete command of abstract mathematical theory together with a clear insight into the structure of the system, and doubt not that the instruction which accomplishes this is valuable and interesting even if it neglects practical applications. If the instruction sharpens the understanding, if it arouses the scientific interest, whether mathematical or philosophical, if finally it calls into life an esthetic feeling for the beauty of a scientific edifice, the instruction will take on an ethical value as well, provided that with the interest it awakens also the impulse toward scientific activity. I contend, therefore, that even without reference to its applications mathematics in the high schools has a value equal to that of the other subjects of instruction.
— Eduard Gφtting
In 'Ueber das Lehrziel im mathemalischen Unterricht der hφheren Realanstalten', Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker Vereinigung, 2, 192. (The Annual Report of the German Mathematical Association. As translated in Robert Ιdouard Moritz, Memorabilia Mathematica; Or, The Philomaths Quotation-Book (1914), 73.