Beware of Cranks

Annotation by Deane Barker • •
https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/beware-cranks
Narrative

An entertaining look at the problem of “cranks” in mathematics. These are people who are convinced they’ve solved impossible problems, and refuse to be disabused of that notion.

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