milesde

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   by milesde 2y ago

   Close. I sent it to rrusczyk around the time it got accepted by the Monthly. I wanted him to see it because AoPS was playing a huge role in my mathematical education at the time, and was happy when he wanted to post it on the website.
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   by milesde 2y ago

   I did a lot of Googling to see if it turned up, showed it to my math teachers and my mathematician parents, sent it off to the editors, and hoped for the best. 17 years have gone by without anybody pointing out an earlier instance of the p
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   by milesde 2y ago

   It's also on JSTOR: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.4169/amer.math.monthly.121.0... . No payment needed there (unless you've burned through your 100 free articles for this month).
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   by milesde 2y ago

   Hi! I wrote that proof back in 2007, half of my lifetime ago. It's neat to see it discussed again. My original writeup was longer and included several of the details that you mentioned. However, the editors of the American Mathemati