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To: SeekAndFind

Ah, heck, he beat me to it.

I had my own proof almost completed. I was just trying to decide whether to start my last line with “Therefore...” or with “In conclusion...”.

I forgot that old saying: It doesn’t matter who discovers first. What matters is who publishes first.


8 posted on 03/16/2016 7:35:55 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Leaning Right

“Ah, heck, he beat me to it.”

Don’t worry. There is plenty yet to do. I just got a new book for my birthday....

“Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics” by John Derbyshire.

http://www.amazon.com/Prime-Obsession-Bernhard-Greatest-Mathematics-ebook/dp/B004D39PGU/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1455904710&sr=1-1&keywords=Prime+Obsession%3A+Bernhard+Riemann+and+the+Greatest+Unsolved+Problem+in+Mathematics

I love mathematics, but I’m NOT very good at it. I’m still trying to understand the difference between Irrational and Transcendental numbers....sigh


20 posted on 03/16/2016 7:42:56 AM PDT by JoeDetweiler
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To: Leaning Right
It doesn’t matter who discovers first

Who makes it stick is who matters. e.g. Christopher Columbus

46 posted on 03/16/2016 8:46:04 AM PDT by MosesKnows (Love Many, Trust Few, and Always Paddle Your Own Canoe)
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