2012/05/04 by Branko Grünbaum · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Mathematics · Social Sciences · #Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis #History and Theory of Mathematics #Historical and Literary Studies #Mathematics #Mathematical economics
paper · doi:10.4169/amer.math.monthly.119.06.495
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A result frequently attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte is the topic of this note; it has an interesting history, and there are a considerable number of papers devoted to it. Several relevant articles have appeared in this Monthly. Here we present additional information about the history of the result, supplementing and correcting some of the earlier publications.