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The Eureka theorem of Gauss

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2024

Stan Dolan
Stan Dolan*
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On 10th July 1796, when he was still a teenager, Gauss famously wrote EYPHKA! in his diary when recording the completion of a proof that every positive integer is the sum of at most three triangular numbers.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 108 , Issue 571 , March 2024 , pp. 94 - 104
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© The Authors, 2024 Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Mathematical Association

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