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From: carr@uiucdcs.Uiuc.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Euler's(?) formula
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Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 13:20:00 EDT
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/* Written  5:35 pm  Jun 26, 1985 by wyant@apollo.uucp in uiucdcs:net.math */
For an interesting and entertaining discussion on Euler's formula,
read the book "Proofs and Refutations" by Imre Latkos.  It's a dialog
on the process of mathematical discovery using the validity of Euler's
formula as its starting point.


                Geoff Wyant

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Geoff Wyant   UUCP:  ...{yale,uw-beaver,decvax!wanginst}!apollo!wyant
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That should be Lakatos, not Latkos.