Timeline for What is the maximal number of distinct values of the product of n permuted ordinals
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| Aug 29, 2014 at 16:26 | comment | added | Gérard Lang | In fact, Erdôs remarked a slight mistake in Wakulicz's paper, and as this remark was published as a correction of Wakulicz's paper by Erdôs in Fund Math XXXVIII, so that certainly Erdôs knew Wakulicz,s result. Gérard Lang | |
| Aug 29, 2014 at 16:16 | vote | accept | Gérard Lang | ||
| Aug 28, 2014 at 18:07 | comment | added | David E Speyer | Erdos's paper also contains a proof of Wakulicz's result. They appeared within a year of each other (Wakulicz first), and neither mentions the other, so presumably independent discovery. Those who prefer English to French, or prefer a quick exposition of the key steps to a long detailed exposition, will probably prefer Erdos's version. | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 16:03 | comment | added | Joel David Hamkins | Great! This is very clear. | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 15:35 | history | edited | Joseph Van Name | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 28, 2014 at 15:06 | comment | added | Ashutosh | Here's a link to a paper of Erdos where he says (page 128) that this remark is due to Spanier: renyi.hu/~p_erdos/1950-13.pdf | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 14:36 | history | answered | Joseph Van Name | CC BY-SA 3.0 |