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Elkies’ paper examined a series of numbers discovered by influential 18th century mathematician Leonhard Euler...

Author: By Alan J. Tabak, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Elkies Wins Ford Math Award | 8/13/2004 | See Source »

...combinatorial problem involving ‘up-down permutations’ such as 2 1 7 3 4 < 10—the number of ways to distribute the numbers 1 through 10 to make this work is 50521, same as the numerator of the 10th Euler formula...

Author: By Alan J. Tabak, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Elkies Wins Ford Math Award | 8/13/2004 | See Source »

...falls by the wayside, what then? No other common mathematical constant has such holiday potential. Euler's constant e (2.71828...) would be blocked by the arbitrary constraints of the calendar; it could be neither Feb. 71 nor Feb. 7 at 1:82 p.m. The same goes for the Golden Ratio, 1.618... There will never be an i Day, and although we will have an Aleph-0 Day, it won't come for quite some time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dartboard | 3/16/2001 | See Source »

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