Mathematical Induction and the Nature of British Miracles
By Daniel S. Silver
A mathematical method of proof challenged traditional beliefs.
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September-October 2016
Volume 104, Number 5
Page 296
DOI: 10.1511/2016.122.296
London was cold in March 1837. Indeed, the spring months of that year still retain the record for the lowest average temperature ever recorded in the English Midlands. But on a Saturday evening of that frigid month, mere cold could not discourage those lucky souls invited to the home of mathematician Charles Babbage.
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