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The golden ratio has many amazing properties. But is it really a secret of nature and the epitome of beauty?
We take the real numbers for granted, but what are they really?
Here's one of the most elegant proofs in all of maths. Rejoice in its simplicity!
Nineteenth-century German mathematician Leopold Kronecker once said
God created the integers, all the rest is the work of man.
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