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How far would you go to save a theorem? Would you invent a new kind of number? That’s what the mid-19th century German mathematician Ernst Eduard Kummer did, and while he was partly driven by the h…| mathenchant.wordpress.com
How far would you go to save a theorem? Would you invent a new kind of number? That’s what the mid-19th century German mathematician Ernst Eduard Kummer did, and while he was partly driven by the h…| mathenchant.wordpress.com
To err is human; we all make mistakes. But some mistakes have worse consequences than others. According to Greek myth, King Sisyphus of Ephyra made the especially big mistake of cheating Hades, the…| mathenchant.wordpress.com
