A Rare Mathematical Wind
Anon
Genre: | Anecdote, Drollery |
Subjects: | Mathematics |
It is reported of Samuel Vince that he jocularly referred to a strong wind that had blown down several trees as a 'mathematical wind', observing that it had 'extracted a great many roots'. | |
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