Re: [MATHEDCC] question

Geoff Hagopian (galois@cyberg8t.com)
Sat, 17 Jan 1998 13:28:08 -0800

> > Gee, I've always told my students that the quadratic formula was invented by
> > the famous Greek mathematician, Nicholas Quadraticus.
>
> Yes, old Nick. I had thought he was Polish, but in any case he was
> certainly a four-square fellow!

Since a cube has 12 edges, maybe Cardano's (Tartaglia's) formula should be called the
dodactic formula.

geoff

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