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In Littlewood's A Mathematician's Miscellany, he talks about the old Cambridge Mathematics Tripos examination - the final exam for undergraduates studying mathematics at Cambridge University.

The idea was to create a strict order of merit for the students. This developed into an examination that, thankfully, has no peer in today's world.

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By overconvergent
Posted Thu Feb 19, 2004 at 12:06:07 PM PDT

How do I go about publishing a paper and what do I need to have in it?

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"Mathematicians usually work in comfortable offices"

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By overconvergent
Posted Sun Feb 01, 2004 at 12:06:05 PM PDT

I was bored, so I googled for "mathematician".

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