Subject: Re: [HM] Mathematics and Music
From: Julio Gonzalez Cabillon (jgc@adinet.com.uy)
Date: Wed Jul 26 2000 - 11:17:40 EDT
Clark Kimberling
> The main question is this: where is the reference to the analogy
> between hymn-tunes and chess combinations written down?
As far as I can tell, the quotation in question is:
"Chess problems are the hymn-tunes of mathematics."
Naturally enough, this has Hardy's DNA fingerprint, and indeed
appears in his "Apology" when he discusses "literary superstition".
All the best, Julio GC
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