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Re: the theorem that won World War II

Subject: Re: the theorem that won World War II
From: Tom Anderson
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:27:46 +0000
Newsgroups: sci.math
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, John Coleman wrote:

gmarkowsky@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

I just read a popular account of the beaking of the Enigma codes by
Polish mathematicians. It talks about how Rajewski applied a well known
theorem on permutations in his work, and this is often called "the
theorem that won the war".

I think calling any such thing "the theorem that won the war" is obvious hyperbole.

Oh, i don't know - if there's a theorem behind the T-34, it's got a fair claim to the title!

tom

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