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From: Karen Dee Michalowicz
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 19:56

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Michael Wohlgemuth (macmuth@freenet2.scri.fsu.edu ) writes:
> For some reason, I think that the president was grover clevland.
> 
> Find a "History of Mathematics"  book.  That will give you the answer.
> 
> Mike Wohlgemuth
> Math Teacher (ha, ha)
> 

Nope.  "grover clevland" was not responsible for any noteworthy
mathematics (some say for anything at all noteworthy).  Rather,
James Garfield had a neat little proof.  This is more math
history trivia rather than math history.  It doesn't appear in
most math  history books.

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Cheers!

Karen Dee

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From: kmichalo@pen.k12.va.us (Karen Dee Michalowicz)
Subject: Re: Geometry - Questions on Euclid and Pythagoreas
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