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Timeline for Mathematical "urban legends"

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Jun 15, 2020 at 7:27 history edited CommunityBot
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Jun 11, 2013 at 19:14 comment added The User Sounds silly—why quaternions? You can work using arbitrary skew fields.
Feb 6, 2011 at 3:52 history edited Mariano Suárez-Álvarez CC BY-SA 2.5
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Feb 6, 2011 at 3:49 comment added Mariano Suárez-Álvarez Ooooh. Given the pretty drawings i've seen accompanying some of Bing's writing, it is probably a pity no one saved at least some of those windshields in a freezer! Welcome to MO, by the way, Prof. May :)
Feb 6, 2011 at 3:45 history edited Mariano Suárez-Álvarez CC BY-SA 2.5
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Feb 6, 2011 at 3:44 comment added Autumn Kent I've heard the non-defrosting story told about R H Bing, who did this during heavy snow while driving people to Chicago.
Feb 6, 2011 at 3:37 history answered Peter May CC BY-SA 2.5