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henryfjordanyesterday at 10:13 PM3 repliesview on HN

The story of the cubic equations is another great example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_equation

Dudes straight up used to hoard solutions to equations and use them in math battles.


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free_bipyesterday at 10:57 PM

Right, the point is we're trying to avoid reverting back to such practices.

-0_0-yesterday at 11:35 PM

Showing my ignorance, but the only thing I can picture when I hear 'math battles' is akin to the 'street Countdown' scene from the IT Crowd