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Why did Dedekind claim that $\sqrt{2}\cdot\sqrt{3}=\sqrt{6}$ hadn't been proved before?
In a letter to Lipschitz (1876) Dedekind doubts that $\sqrt{2}\cdot\sqrt{3}=\sqrt{6}$ had been proved before:
quoted from Leo Corry, Modern algebra, German original:
Why did Dedekind doubt that $ …
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Reasons for the importance of planarity and colorability?
Could it have been foreseen that - exemplarily - planarity and colorability would turn out to be such important concepts in graph theory (there's almost no textbook on graphs without two chapters devo …
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Why is $n_{n^2-1}$ the smallest graph that clearly shows the structure of multiplication by ...
Initially, I wanted to ask this question as a puzzle.
Consider a regular $m$-gon. Let $0$ be the lower corner and count the corners clockwise.
Let $n_m$ be the multiplication-by-$n$-graph of …