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- From: algebra@leland.Stanford.EDU (Leong Weng Ng)
- Subject: Re: Still another problem.
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.222551.19241@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 22:25:51 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug14.142149.16686@mcs.drexel.edu> dmagagno@mcs.drexel.edu (David Magagnosc) writes:
- >
- >This is a very nice proof, but I will say that I am a little surprised
- >that no one has posted the (correct) value. Since it follows very
- >easily from this approach, permit me to summarize.
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- I was the only person who posted a value, which is incorrect.
- Upon differentiating my expression again, I saw that it is
- not so simple. Thanks for the hint. While I'm at it, I also
- posted an incorrect solution to Bill Taylor's quadrilateral
- problem. That was due to carelessness in applying the
- determinant formula. Thanks to the fellow netter who pointed
- that out and proposed a corrected solution by private mail.
- It has been fun working on these puzzles. I will definitely
- try harder to post a correct solution in future.
-
- Weng Leong
- Stanford U.
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