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![“[On Archimedes mathematical results:] It is not possible to find in all geometry more difficult and intricate questions, or more simple and lucid explanation... No investigation of yours would succeed in attaining the proof, and yet, once seen you immediately believe you would have discovered it.” quote by Proclus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c8/proclus-42813_believe_on-archimedes-mathematical-results-it-is_2925626.jpg)
![“Spoken of the young Archimedes: . . . [he] was as much enchanted by the rudiments of algebra as he would have been if I had given him an engine worked by steam, with a methylated spirit lamp to heat the boiler; more enchanted, perhaps for the engine would have got broken, and, remaining always…” quote by Archimedes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/514/archimedes-18068_algebra_spoken-of-the-young-archimedes-he-was-as_2465351.png)
![“An easy direct calculation shows that d dt exp[!g(t)][$(t) ! a] = 0, so, indeed, exp[!g(t)][$(t) ! a] = $(0) ! a. Taking t = 1, exp[!2"in($; a)][$(1) ! a] = $(0) ! a, or, exp[!2"in($; a)] = 1, which implies that n($; a) is indeed integral. The function is obviously continuous, and being integer…” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e3/anonymous-1_quote_an-easy-direct-calculation-shows-that-d_228416.jpg)
