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87.40 An elementary single-variable proof of

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Nick Lord
Nick Lord*
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Tonbridge School, Kent TN9 1JP
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 87 , Issue 509 , July 2003 , pp. 308 - 311
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