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From: flinn@seismo.UUCP (E. A. Flinn)
Newsgroups: net.math
Subject: Mathematicians' names
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Date: Thu, 8-Dec-83 17:15:34 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec  8 17:15:34 1983
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Without consulting reference books, how many great mathematicians
can you think of whose last names contain only one syllable?

Why do you suppose there are so few?