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  • set theory
    / Axioms for infinite and ordered sets

    If I is an interpretation of an axiomatic theory of sets, the sentence that results from an axiom when a meaning has been assigned to “set” and “∊,” as specified by I, is either true or false. If each axiom is true for…

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  • number game
    / Geometric dissections

    The order of a squared rectangle is the number of constituent squares. It is known that there are no perfect rectangles of orders less than 9, and that there are exactly two perfect rectangles of order 9. (One of these is shown as Figure 12.) The…

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    The order of a squared rectangle is the number of constituent squares. It is known that there are no perfect rectangles of orders less than 9, and that there are exactly two perfect rectangles of order 9. (One of these is shown as Figure 12.) The…

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