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  1. Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL, Coventry, England

    Ian Stewart

  2. Karl-Sudhoff-Institut für Geschichte der Medizin und der Naturwissenschaften, Universität Leipzig, D-04109, Leipzig, Germany

    Rüdiger Thiele

  3. University of Wales, Bangor, Wales

    Heather McLeay

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Stewart, I., Thiele, R. & McLeay, H. The mathematical tourist. The Mathematical Intelligencer 16, 50–65 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03024706

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