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Some mathematical ideas seem as subtle and difficult today as when they were first introduced; others, which could once upon a time be handled only by those with a very extensive training, now seem entirely elementary to us. For example, addition and multiplication of whole numbers was once a skilled occupation, but is today taught to all children.
“Can you do addition?” the White Queen asked. “What’s one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one?” “I don’t know,” said Alice. “I lost count.”
Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass
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C. Morgenstern, Arithmetische Progression
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Gardiner, A. (1982). Numbers and Arithmetic— A Quick Review. In: Infinite Processes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5654-0_7
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