When I'm teaching congruence or the Gauss method to solve equation systems, I tell my students: "You can solve the midterm alone or with the ghost of Gauss sit on the side chair."
I like that. "Standing on the shoulder of giants" is a fairly common way to phrase this, and it captures truth as well, but "on a team with the greatest mathematicians of history" is pretty fun too.
Pity I'm by far the weakest link in such team-ups. :)
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When I'm teaching congruence or the Gauss method to solve equation systems, I tell my students: "You can solve the midterm alone or with the ghost of Gauss sit on the side chair."
I like that. "Standing on the shoulder of giants" is a fairly common way to phrase this, and it captures truth as well, but "on a team with the greatest mathematicians of history" is pretty fun too.
Pity I'm by far the weakest link in such team-ups. :)