>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

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