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From: bts@mcnc.UUCP (Bruce T. Smith)
Newsgroups: net.math
Subject: Re: Euler's(?) formula
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Date: Mon, 17-Jun-85 13:48:03 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 17 13:48:03 1985
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Organization: Microelectronics Center of NC; RTP, NC
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Summary: 

There's a nice discussion of Euler's formula in Lakatos' book "Proofs and
Refutations".  It's a book on the philosophy of math, written as a dialog
between a teacher and a group of students.  The discussion centers on the
Euler formula, however.  The students offer various proofs, discuss the
question of what is a polyhedron, etc.
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