I think I'm missing a German joke. I know that "Frage von" means "question from", and "Antwort" must be "answer", but I don't know what "vom Heiligen" means. On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Thane Plambeck <tplambeck@gmail.com> wrote:
Antwort vom Heiligen solved this, I think
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Hans Havermann <pxp@rogers.com> wrote:
Mathematician "E. Teuffel" is mentioned in a number of Google hits. Does anyone here what the "E" stood for? By the way, in a Wikipedia entry on the Spiral of Theodorus, he is called Frage von E. Teuffel, an unfortunate transcription error. :)
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