The 100 Greatest Theorems!


	The 100 Greatest Theorems!
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5-2-2007 12:30 AM
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7-4-2007 12:32 AM
pokkets
Some of the names explained themselves. I didn't know that primes were the sum of two squares. I know their distribution can't be arbitrary, or random, but they are getting hard to find. There is bound to be a better way to find them than long division.
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