"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In 1993, Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős—one of the most prolific mathematicians of the 20th ...
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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A mathematician may have just proved the impossible possible. For 30 years, mathematicians wondered if ...