Re: [math-fun] promic numbers or pronic numbers?

Thank you Edwin. All interesting and helpful. On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Edwin Clark <eclark@math.usf.edu> wrote:

On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, James Buddenhagen wrote:

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I can't find either in any of my dictionaries.  Which is correct?  And what are the roots?

This English to Classical Greek dictionary translates oblong to promekes (among other things):

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/enggreek?lang=greek&lookup=oblong&type=...

Click on the links beside promekes to see more details. ____________________________________________