Does anyone know who said something like "I would welcome
Archimedes as a
colleague?" I would like to know the exact reference. Perhaps it
was G. H.
Hardy.
Sherman Stein
KP> Maybe, this will help:
http://mirrors.org.sg/mathi/do_you_know/bestdist.html
Best wishes,
K.Podnieks
http://www.ltn.lv/~podnieks/
University of Latvia
Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science