I'm searching for the original reference of a quote that went something like:
"Errors in a mathematics text add an element of surprise to an otherwise predictable plot."
I believe it may have been from the 1700s or 1800s.
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A resource might be Maurice Lecat, Erreurs de mathématiciens des origines à nos jours, Bruxelles : Castaigne, 1935 Cheers, Scott |
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