>From the wikipedia as well: Another famous mathematician, Carl Friedrich Gauss, echoed Archimedes when in 1796 he wrote in his notebook, "ΕΥΡΗΚΑ! num= Δ + Δ + Δ", referring to his discovery that any positive integer could be expressed as the sum of at most three triangular numbers.[3]
On 4/1/08 11:24 AM, "Isabel Drost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This time the message I am able to send the message myself. The updated > version of the slides is online. If you have any further comments - let me > know. > > The only piece missing is the formula/model that Archimedes discovered sitting > in his bath tub just before the moment in history when he (supposedly) > shouted Eureka! and ran through the city - naked. Anyone who can help me out > there? > > The URLs again who have missed it: > http://www.isabel-drost.de/mahout_fast_feather.pdf > http://h1349259.stratoserver.net/~isabel/mahout_fast_feather.pdf > > (Both links should be the same document.) > > Isabel
