On 8/29/17, Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote: > The version I heard was that the math teacher wanted to have a rest, so > assigned +/1+i.100 to the class. Gauss got the answer right away. The rest > of the class labored for the entire hour. The only correct answer was > submitted by Gauss.
Roger's version of the story is the same one I read around 55 years ago in an introductory book about number theory or else a book of recreational mathematics. Harvey ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
