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From: weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener)
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Subject: Re: Number theory and acoustic paneling
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Date: Mon, 20-Jan-86 20:34:49 EST
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In article <522@hounx.UUCP> kort@hounx.UUCP (B.KORT) writes:
>Gee, all those pure mathematicians who were holding out
>for number theory as one of the few branches of mathematics
>without any practical application are going to be mighty
>upset that some damn engineer from Bell Labs has gone and
>found a practical application for it.

I'm curious where people get the idea that number theory has
been without applications all this time.  They go back at least
40 years, probably more.

ucbvax!brahms!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720