News from the world of maths: Happy new year from Plus!

News from the world of maths: Happy new year from Plus!

Submitted by plusadmin on January 9, 2009

Friday, January 09, 2009

Happy new year from Plus!

Thanks to gord at mighty wombat for these!

posted by Plus @ 11:00 PM

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