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E24: One Amazing Problem and Its Connections to Everything—A Conversation in Three Movements

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Inspired by problem 24.5: “Natural Split”

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Soifer, A. (2017). E24: One Amazing Problem and Its Connections to Everything—A Conversation in Three Movements. In: The Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The Third Decade and Further Explorations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52861-8_16

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