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20 Sep
This one is rather cryptic but may be heard quite frequently: The main task of any teacher is to make a subject interesting. To my ear, this one relates the sources to the last decade, say, or so. Some excellent teaching has been heard over the wireless. Traditions do not just pop up: it takes [...]
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08 Sep
In 1938, the French V. Thébault proposed a problem that, in the English speaking world waited for a solution for 45 years until one was supplied by K. B. Taylor in 1983. Taylor's solution stretched over 24 printed pages. In Dutch, a solution has been published by H. Streefkerk's 10 years earlier. In 2003, Jean-Louis [...]