Timeline for Particular problem solved by solving a more general problem.
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| May 29, 2022 at 5:29 | comment | added | bof | "The sum of the first $n$ odd numbers is $n^2$" is stronger than "the sum of the first $n$ odd numbers is a square", but how is it more general? | |
| Sep 26, 2010 at 8:41 | comment | added | gowers | +1 for the sequence of three statements rather than just two. | |
| Apr 13, 2010 at 17:16 | comment | added | Harry Gindi | Probably! Sounds right! | |
| Apr 13, 2010 at 17:04 | comment | added | villemoes | @Harry: Probably it was $\sum_{j=1}^n 1/j^2$. | |
| Apr 13, 2010 at 17:01 | comment | added | Harry Gindi | The first problem on the first homework in my number theory class last semester had something similar, but it was with finding a bound on something. I don't remember the exact problem, but it ended up being easier to give an upper bound $2-\frac{1}{n}$ instead of just $2$. | |
| Apr 13, 2010 at 16:38 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Ben Webster♦ | ||
| Apr 13, 2010 at 16:17 | history | answered | Kevin Buzzard | CC BY-SA 2.5 |