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  • TV Episode | 26 min | Documentary
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Mathologer

The Moessner Miracle. Why wasn't this discovered for over 2000 years?
TV Episode | 26 min | Documentary
It was known from the time of Pythagorus that adding up the odd numbers generates the square numbers. In 1951 Alfred Moessner finally took this process further using a similar sieve style algorithm that generates the cube and higher power ...See moreIt was known from the time of Pythagorus that adding up the odd numbers generates the square numbers. In 1951 Alfred Moessner finally took this process further using a similar sieve style algorithm that generates the cube and higher power numbers. But Burkard can't leave it at that and delves into the work of Karl Post who demonstrated the inputs and outputs mirror the relationships between addition and multiplication, multiplication and raising to a power, factorials and Pascal numbers. Written by David Foss See less
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